title: Meena (film)
text: # Meena (film)
  
  Meena is a documentary film about sex trafficking in India that premiered on June 26, 2014, in New York City. This film marks the directorial debut of Lucy Liu, Colin K. Gray, and Megan Raney.
  
  ## Premise
  
  The film is based on the true story Meena Khatun, a girl from India, who was forced into sex slavery since age 11. In the film, the character is titled Meena Hasina and is shown to be of age 8 instead of the original 11.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Tannishtha Chatterjee as Meena Hasina
     * Sparsh Khanchandani as young Meena Hasina
  * Himani Shivpuri as Ainul Bibi
  * Vikas Shrivastav as Manooj
  * Prerna Punjabi as Naina
  * Almaas as Kamala
  
  ## Production
  
  Filming began in Mumbai, India in 2010 and is based on the first chapter of Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
  
  