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Praktan (2016)
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Original name: প্রাক্তন
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A married woman on journey from Mumbai to Howrah by train meets her ex-husband.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, reflective, melancholic
Plot:
relationships, train travel, travel, memory, nostalgia, ex husband, marriage, personal growth, second chance, everyday life, realism, reconciliation, regret, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, city life, communication, train, flashback, unhappy marriage, bengali, reunion, dialogue driven, train compartment ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
kolkata, mumbai india
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