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Amu(2005)
Status: Released
Date: 2005-01-07
70%
17 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
When the past lives in the present...
Overview:
Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she was born. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against secrets and lies from her past. A horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.
Languages: Bengali, English, Hindi.
Countries:
India,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Jonai Productions
Movie: Amu
Top 5 Billed Cast
Konkona Sen Sharma
Kaju "Amu"
Yashpal Sharma
Gobind
Ankur Khanna
Kabir
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