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Kahaani

Set in the metropolis of Kolkata, the main scenes of the movie Kahaani, which means story in Hindi, deliver a 
The director takes the viewers back to the old 






Durga Puja - Annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu Goddess Durga. 

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