MEE AND JUHIBABY

‘[Mukherjee] captures with sensitivity and humour the fragile equations in a marriage, between mothers and daughters, friends and lovers—and equally, the world of Hindi cinema. This is also the tale of four cities—Benares, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. A rich and engrossing saga.’—Shabana AzmiMee’s mother, Juhibaby, is the unwanted child of constantly travelling jatra artistes in rural Bengal. Growing into a ravishing sixteen-year-old, she is married off to a family in distant New Delhi, where Mee is born.