Uma

2018

2h 29m

7.5(4 votes)

Overview

To please his dying daughter, a father tries to create the Durga Puja festival, usually held in October, during the month of April, in Kolkata.

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14 members

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Sara Sengupta

Uma

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Jisshu Sengupta

Himadri

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Anjan Dutt

Brahmananda

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Sayantika Banerjee

Maya

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Srabanti Chatterjee

Menoka

Acting

Rudranil Ghosh

Gobindo

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Babul Supriyo

Unknown Role

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Gargee RoyChowdhury

Unknown Role

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Prosenjit Chatterjee

Shankar

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Dev

Self

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Nusrat Jahan

Chaya

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Mimi Chakraborty

Mimi

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Anirban Bhattacharya

Mohitosh Sur

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Raj Chakraborty

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