Smile Pinki (2008)
17 Jun 2008 • Documentary, Short • 0h 39m
Pinki is a five-year-old girl from a village in the Mirzapur District, India, born into a desperately poor family, and with a cleft lip. Pinki never realized that this condition required just one simple operation until she met Pankaj, a social worker traveling from village to village gathering patients to go to hospital in Varanasi that provides free surgery to thousands each year. This real-world fairy tale follows its protagonist journey to a dream smile from isolation and shame.
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Bhojpuri, Hindi
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 4 nominations total
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United States
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