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Anecdote from Allahabad draws audience at Red Sea International Film Festival

By Faizal Khan
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Dec 10 (UNI) Anamika Pal was a teenager when she first heard the story of a young woman who was punished for secretly drinking milk at the home of her husband.
Half-a-decade later, the anecdote from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh is the subject of a short film directed by Pal, now a third-year student at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFI) in Kolkata.
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