This is based on a true story. In my opinion, it is easy to make the narrative quite boring while presenting true stories and cases since the audience is generally aware of the facts. But in this case, the narrative is quite entertaining and it keeps you hooked to your seat. There are quite a few tear-jerker moments, which is quite surprising since this is a known and well publicized story. I think the director was able to peep into the mother's psychology and treat the subject from her perspective, while also including the social commentary around her. The music does lend a good feeling to the story. Overall, it is worth watching with your family, specially if you stay overseas.

For those who question the accuracy of this story, I discovered it by watching a BBC investigation called Norway's Silent Scandal. It interviewed Norwegian mothers who had lost custody of their children. The mothers reported being scrutinized for tiny things, even having a visible cobweb in their home. One mom lost 2 of 8 kids, but was allowed to keep 6. How can a mom be incompetent to manage 8 kids, but deemed competent for 6? The court decisions made no sense in many cases. It was truly disturbing to learn about this overreach in a 'civilized' European country. In the documentary comments I saw references to this movie and watched it. My heart went out to this mom and her custody battle. It correlated closely to the BBC investigation documentary. I hope this is a reality check for Norway and helps change the foster system for kids in the future.

Mrs Chatterjee vs Norqay is a bold, heart-rending and equally engrossing film. Based on a real life incident, this film is a true testimony of a mother's compassion, love and affection towards her own children. Bolstered by a towering performance by Rani, an ensemble cast's brilliance, surreal music by Amit Trivedi and powerful screenplay which stays true to its subject in its entirety, MCVN gives you ample moments of melancholy and joy. Overall one of the best real life inspired stories made in Bollywood.

MCVN is a brilliant ode to all the resilience shown by Sagarika Bhattacharya , the real hero behind the story. A fight against an entire nation just get her kids back while she gets no support from his spouse in an unknown country is no joke. Credits to the entire team for making such a moving film . Ashima Chibber truely captures the anxiety and restlessness of a mother without being peachy and over the top. Yes it has its share of flaws of Rani being at a high pitch initially and doing too much but as the film progresses the she gets a good hold of the depth of the character and gives a solid nuaced performance which will be remembered. Anirban is brilliant and gets you pissed easily. Jim Sarb is exceptional in his restraint and understated performance. The other ensemble cast is just brilliant too.