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The Eunuch and the Flute Player
The Eunuch and the Flute Player

The Eunuch and the Flute Player

Genres

Drama

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Parimal is a woman trapped in a man’s body who runs away from home and joins a ghetto of eunuchs as Puti and sings at traffic signals to earn money. There she falls in love with Madhu, a delivery boy with a Chinese restaurant who moonlights as a flautist in kirtans. The love blossoms even as Puti dreams of raising the money required for the sex reassignment surgery.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Bengali

Runtime

114 mins

Rating

9/10

Release Date

15 February 2019

Country

India

Cast

Ritwick Chakraborty

Ritwick Chakraborty

Madhu

Riddhi Sen

Riddhi Sen

Parimal (Puti)

Bidipta Chakraborty

Bidipta Chakraborty

Sujan Mukherjee

Sujan Mukherjee

Indrasish Roy

Indrasish Roy

Arun Guha Tharkurta

Arun Guha Tharkurta

Madhu's Father

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