Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway (2023) on Netflix
In Stavanger, Debika Chatterjee lives with her husband Aniruddha and their children. When Norwegian child welfare workers take Shubh and baby Suchi, she sets out to win custody back.
- Netflix2.2/5
- IMDb7.3/1011,375 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes13%
Trailer
Plot summary
Debika Chatterjee, a Bengali Hindu immigrant, lives in Stavanger with her husband Aniruddha and their children, Shubh and five-month-old Suchi. Norwegian Child Welfare Services employees known as Velferd visit the family regularly after a Norwegian neighbor reports them. During one of those visits, the workers separate Shubh and Suchi from Debika. The authorities base the decision on a culture clash and what they describe as a misinterpretation of Debika's behavior. The Chatterjees are told they are unfit to hold custody. Debika refuses to accept the loss of her children and begins a legal fight against the Norwegian child welfare authorities to bring them home.
Cast
- Bodhisattva Mazumdaras Debika's Father
- Yuvaan Vanvarias Shubha Chatterjee
- Varun Vaziras Biswajeet Sarkar
- Namitas Sunil Kapoor
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway (2023)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- After the release, Norwegian Ambassador Hans Jacob Frydenlund said the film incorrectly depicts Norway's belief in family life and its respect for different cultures; Sagarika Chakraborty, the real person behind the story, condemned his statements, saying the Norwegian government keeps spreading lies about her without knowing her story.
- The film is inspired by the real story of Sagarika Chakraborty and her husband Anurup Bhattacharya, an Indian couple living in Norway whose children were taken away by the Norwegian Child Welfare Services, with the parents claiming the objections were to parenting habits considered typical in Indian culture.
- It is the first Indian film to be shot in Estonia, and it marked the Hindi film debut of Bengali actor Anirban Bhattacharya; Rani Mukerji announced the project in March 2021.
- The film became the highest-grossing Bollywood film in Norway and later the most-watched South Asian film there, with 8,356 admissions.
