Movie: Traces of Sandalwood

Top 8 Billed Cast

Nandita Das
Nandita Das

Mina

Aina Clotet
Aina Clotet

Paula

Naby Dakhli
Naby Dakhli

Prakash

Godeliv Van den Brandt
Godeliv Van den Brandt

Nikki

Rosa Novell
Rosa Novell

Paula's mother

Subodh Maskara
Subodh Maskara

Sanjay

Gal Soler
Gal Soler

Paula's father

Marina Gatell
Marina Gatell

Recepcionist

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    Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can't forget her little sister Sita, from whom she was forced to separate after their mother's death in a village. Thirty years later she will finally find out that Sita is alive and well in Barcelona. However, Sita's adoptive parents have erased all traces of her past. She is now called Paula, works as a researcher in Biology and has no recollection of her Indian background, let alone of Mina. Faced with the shocking truths of her past, Paula begins a long journey of self-discovery, aided along the way by her budding romance with the handsome Indian immigrant Prakash. A story of hope and love across Mumbai and Barcelona; from India to the Mediterranean and all the way back.

  • Release Date

    2014-11-28

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
  • Tagline

    Two sisters, two cultures

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