The Eunuch and the Flute Player
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
113 min
Release Date
2019-02-15
Status
Released
Original Language
Bengali
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
9
Ritwick Chakraborty
Madhu
Riddhi Sen
Parimal (Puti)
Bidipta Chakraborty
Sujan Mukherjee
Indrasish Roy
Arun Guha Tharkurta
Madhu's Father
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