Chitra Palekar's MAATI MAAY wins French award
By Vishal Verma, Dated 26th March 2008

Chitra Palekar's MAATI MAAY won the award "Prix du jury Graine de Cinephage" in the feature films category, in the recently concluded 30th International Film Festival "Films de Femmes" of Creteil, a suburb of Paris in France.

Large numbers, consisting of filmmakers and cine lovers, especially youth who found it extremely moving and beautiful, attended the screenings, specially sub-titled in French.

This is 4th International Award won by MAATI MAAY.

MAATI MAAY (A Grave-keeper's Tale) is based on a short story (?Baayen') by the well-known writer Mahasweta Devi. It is the heart-rending tale of a young mother who is trapped between her instincts and needs, and the compulsions of her ancestral duty as dictated by the social system.