Hiralal | |
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Bengali | হীরালাল |
Directed by | Arun Roy |
Starring | Kinjal Nanda Saswata Chatterjee Anuska Chakraborty Shankar Chakraborty Arna Mukhopadhyay Tannishtha Biswas Partha Sinha Adhikary Koushik Kharaj Mukherjee |
Cinematography | Gopi Bhagat |
Music by | Mayukh Mainak |
Production company | Easel Movies |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
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