Roya is a middle-class Muslim woman that struggles to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh. When she discovers that she will be replaced by a younger actor for the role of Nandini —a central character of Rabindranath Tagore’s political play Red Oleanders —she battles to reconstruct the part, reclaiming her identity and sexuality in the process. As she sets the play in a modern day ready-made garment factory in Dhaka, her journey to establish her individuality is juxtaposed with the journey of her housemaid Moyna, who later joins the industrial workforce.
Rubaiyat Hossain
Writer, Director
Shahana Goswami
Roya
Rahul Bose
Imtiaz Ilahi
Mita Rahman
Roya's Mother
Shohel Mondol
Sabuj
Reekita Nondine Shimu
Moyna
Shahadat Hossain
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