Masaan
~A Celebration Of Life, Death And Everything in Between
Overview
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
Genres
- Drama
General Information
Release Date: 2015-07-24
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Runtime: 109 min
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