A Tale of a Naughty Girl ( Mondo Meyer Upakhyan )

A Tale of a Naughty Girl (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mondo Meyer Upakhyan
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
India ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Buddhadev Dasgupta

Written By:
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Prafulla Roy (short story)

Actors:
Samata Das ..... Lati
Rituparna Sengupta ..... Rajani
Arpan Basar ..... Shibu
Tapas Pal ..... Ganesh
Ram Gopal Bajaj ..... Natabar Paladhi
Pradip Mukherjee ..... Nagen
June Malia ..... Bakul
Sudipta Chakraborty ..... Basanti

Synopsis:

The sweet and ironic tale of Lati, the daughter of a village prostitute who desperately seeks an education rather than following in her mother's footsteps. But the lecherous businessman Natabar has an eye for the young girls, and he bargains with Lati's mother to wed her still-virginal daughter. Determined to claim a better life, Lati's mother insists she quit school despite her love of learning. A Tale Of A Naughty Girl beautifully captures traditional Bengali life while unfolding the powerful confrontation between the restrictions of tradition and the promise of a new life.

Lati is not the only one with dreams of emancipation. Bakul, Basanti and Aysha, three young prostitutes from the same bordello, all long to escape their miserable lives. But while they are left to their own devices when it comes to coping with their violent husbands and unpleasant clients, Lati is fortunate enough to have an ally. A teacher named Nagen helps Lati to get to Calcutta where she can attend school. She leaves for the big city on the day of the moon landing. Her first step on the journey towards self-determination is certainly a small thing in comparison to that giant leap for mankind but it is nevertheless a major achievement for one particular individual.

India in the late 1960s. Rajani, a prostitute and her daughter Lati both live in a bordello in a little town called Gospaira. Hoping that her daughter will have a better life than herself, but also that she will be able to take care of her in her old age, Rajani decides to find Lati a husband. Rajani doesn't mind if the prospective groom is an older man as long as he's wealthy. One eligible suitor is the cinema-owner, Paladi, an unscrupulous businessman and dubious cineaste with a penchant for rape scenes, which he has screened privately in his cinema.

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