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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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
film character
appearsIn Meghe Dhaka Tara NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre art film
associatedWithTheme family responsibility
gender inequality
partition of India
poverty
sacrifice
centralCharacterOf Meghe Dhaka Tara NERFINISHED
characterType tragic heroine
countryOfOrigin India
createdBy Ritwik Ghatak NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
settingOfLife refugee colony near Calcutta
workLocation Calcutta NERFINISHED

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