Meherbaan
1993
Spanning across 90 years, follow a middle-class Muslim family across three generations. 2042. Six months after his manuscript titled Tees (30) is rejected for publication by the Literature and Arts Commission, Anhad Draboo, a young freelance prostitute, meets Niharika, a “reader” from the Commission – who has been searching for Anhad ever since she read his manuscript. 2018. Zia Draboo, a corporate lawyer living in Mumbai and all set to buy the flat she has been renting with her partner Meera, finds out she cannot buy it because of the Housing Society’s resistance to her name. 1989-90. Ayesha, a housebound State Radio newsreader in Srinagar, Kashmir, reaches out to her childhood friend Usha to solicit help from her husband – a government official. She needs it for her own husband, Ghulam Muhammad, who faces bankruptcy and ruin amongst rising unrest in the city.
Dibakar Banerjee
Usha Handoo
Zia Draboo/Bunny
Ayesha Draboo
Gasha
Chairwoman
Ghulam Mohammad Draboo
1993
1963
1963
1956
1942
1996
1986
1973
2006
1982
2019
1995
1997
1948
1978
1964
1967
1974
1966
1966