Maati Maay (A Grave-Keeper's Tale) is a Marathi social drama film directed and produced by Chitra Palekar based on Baayen, a story by Bengali novelist Mahasweta Devi.[1][2] This film was released on 17 March 2007 under the banner of Dnya Films.[3][4] This was Nandita Das's Marathi cinema Debut and she received Maharashtra State Film Awards as best actress in 2007.[1][5]