Neeta

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Neeta is the tragic, self-sacrificing young woman at the center of Ritwik Ghatak’s classic Bengali film "Meghe Dhaka Tara."

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Neeta canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
appearsIn Meghe Dhaka Tara ⓘ
appearsInGenre art film ⓘ
associatedWithTheme family responsibility ⓘ
gender inequality ⓘ
partition of India ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
centralCharacterOf Meghe Dhaka Tara ⓘ
characterType tragic heroine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
createdBy Ritwik Ghatak ⓘ
culturalContext Bengali middle-class refugee society ⓘ
familyBackground refugee family from East Bengal ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1960 ⓘ
genreOfWork Bengali social drama ⓘ
hasNotableQuote Dada, ami bachte chai (Brother, I want to live) ⓘ
hasOccupation wage earner for her family ⓘ
inFilmDirectedBy Ritwik Ghatak ⓘ
knownFor enduring hardship for her family ⓘ
tragic fate ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali ⓘ
medium cinema ⓘ
narrativeRole self-sacrificing young woman ⓘ
partOf Indian parallel cinema canon ⓘ
portrayedBy Supriya Devi ⓘ
settingOfLife refugee colony near Calcutta ⓘ
workLocation Calcutta ⓘ

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