In 2011, Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya, an Indian couple who were residing in Norway, made an emotional plea to Indian authorities, desperately seeking help in bringing their children back home. The couple's children, Abhigyan and Aishwarya, had been "confiscated" by the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) in May of that year, on the grounds of "neglect" and "emotional disconnect" between the mother and her kids. . This event marked the beginning of a two-year period of chaos and grueling custody battles,
Ten years on, Sagarika’s painful fight to have her children returned to her is being made into a movie starring Rani Mukherjee. Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway is set to release this week, 11 years after Sagarika’s ordeal began.
