The New Classmate
Nil Battey Sannata
2015, Film, 100 min, Drama, Family, Hindi, India, MoviePedia score 73
Behind the magnificent Taj Mahal lies a cluster of dingy homes where Chanda (35), a domestic help, lives with her 14-year-old daughter Appu. Chanda aspires and dreams that her daughter will study and embrace a better fate. When Appu tells her she wants to quit school and become a maid like her, Chanda takes a strong decision: she will herself go back to school, and even join the class of her daughter.
Where to watch in India
- Stream on Zee5, Eros Now Select Apple TV channel
Directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Cast
- Swara Bhasker as Chanda Sahay
- Riya Shukla as Appu
- Ratna Pathak Shah as Dr. Diwan
- Pankaj Tripathi as Principal Shrivastava
- Vishal Nath as Amar
- Neha Prajapati as Sweety
- Prashant Tiwari as Pintu
- Sanjay Suri as District Collector
- Aditi Tailang as Grown up Appu
- Ganesh Kumar as Hindi teacher
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