Maati (2018)

Maati: Directed by Saibal Banerjee, Leena Gangopadhyay. With Aparajita Adhya, Monami Ghosh, Sabitri Chatterjee, Chandan Sen. 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 Dhaka 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.

“Best bengali movie of 2018 that tell us the thinking of every moderate bengali.”