Maati (film)
# Maati (film)

Maati is a 2018 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay and starring Adil Hussain & Paoli Dam in the lead role.

## Synopsis

Meghla finds out her grandmother had been killed in her ancestral home in East Pakistan by a trusted retainer of the family. Many years after the tragedy, Meghla goes back to Kutubdia to trace her roots and faces the murderer's family who now occupy her house. 'Maati' traces Meghla's trials with truth and humanity, while tackling issues of migration, human displacement and relationships.

## Cast

* Adil Hussain as Jamil Hussain
* Paoli Dam as Meghla Chowdhury
* Sabitri Chatterjee as Amina, Jamil's mother
* Shankar Chakroborty as Meghla's father
* Laboni Sarkar as Meghla's mother
* Chandan Sen as Satyabrata Chowdhury, Meghla's grandfather
* Aparajita Adhya as Kumudini Devi, Meghla's grandmother
* Koushik Roy as Jigir Ali
* Monami Ghosh as Jiniya
* Anusuya Majumdar as Dadi, Jiniya's grandmother
* Rishi Koushik as Angshu, Meghla's boyfriend
* Bharat Kaul as Celina's father
* Sagarika Roy as Bina
* Goutam De as Jiniya's father
* Maya Ghosh as Jiniya's mother
* Suman Banerjee as Asif, Jiniya's husband
* Diganta Bagchi as Ranjit's father
* Rupsha Bhaduri as Celina
* Aniruddha Ghosh as Ranjit
* Manjushree Ganguly as Jamil's sister
* Debolina Mukherjee as Jiniya's friend
* Prapti Chatterjee as Jiniya"s friend
* Debjani Chakraborty as Jiniya's friend
* Sonal Mishra as Jiniya's friend

## Music

The music and the background score is by Debojyoti Mishra. The film comprises 7 tracks and the lyrics are written by Debojyoti Mishra, Anirban Mukhpadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore and Hason Raja. The album rights of the film were acquired by Zee Music Bangla.

