‘Maja Ma’ trailer: Madhuri Dixit and Ritwik Bhowmik play mother and son
Anand Tiwari’s film, written by Sumit Batheja, also stars Barkha Singh, Gajraj Rao and Rajit Kapur. Out on Amazon Prime Video on October 6.

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