
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject) (2009)
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Music
Music by R. Prasanna
Details
- Director
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 31, 2008
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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