The New Classmate
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The New Classmate
A Film by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
2015 - India - Drama - DCP - 2.35 - 96 min.
with Swara Bhaskar , Ratna Pathak Shah , Pankaj Tripathi & Riya Shukla
Language: Hindi
Produced by Ajay G. Rai , Alan McAlex & Sanjay Shetty and Nitesh Tiwari
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.
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