Mandi (film)

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Mandi
DVD cover for Mandi
Directed by	Shyam Benegal
Written by	Ghulam Abbas (short story) Shyam Benegal(screenplay)
Starring	Shabana Azmi Naseeruddin Shah Kulbhushan Kharbanda Smita Patil Amrish Puri
Music by	Vanraj Bhatia
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta
Distributed by	Blaze Entertainment
Release date(s)	1983
Running time	167 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi
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Mandi (Hindi:मंडी) (translation: Market Place) is a 1983 Hindi movie directed by Shyam Benegal.

The film is a satirical comedy on politics and prostitution, and stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil. Based on a classic Urdu short story Aanandi by Pakistani writer Ghulam Abbas, the film narrates the story of a brothel, situated in the heart of a city, an area that some politicians want for its prime locality.^[1]

The film won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Nitish Roy. It was selected Indian Panorama at Filmostav, Bombay 1984, and was invited to the Los Angeles Exposition (FILMEX), the Hong Kong International Film Festival 1984, and London Film Festival 1983 ^[2] .

1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 Sound Track
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Synopsis

For years an aging Rukmini Bai (Shabana Azmi) has been the Madame of a brothel in a small town in Maharashtra, India. One day she gets the news that she now has a new landlord in Mr. Gupta (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), whose son-in-law, Sushil, is to marry shortly to his daughter. Lead by City Councillor, Shantidevi, the people in this town demand that this bordello be moved elsewhere, preferably on the outskirts of the town, and they do succeed, compelling Rukmini to move with her women to their new location, which happens to be near the Dargah of Baba Karak Shah. Ironically, this attracts a lot of people, and the patronage to Rukmini's bordello increases. Then complications set in when Sushil refuses to marry his father's choice, child-like Malti, and wants to marry Zeenat (Smita Patil) - a prostitute who resides with Rukmini.

[edit] Cast

Shabana Azmi as ... Rukmini Bai
Smita Patil as ... Zeenat
Neena Gupta as ... Basanti
Kulbhushan Kharbanda as ... Mr. Gupta
Naseeruddin Shah as ... Tungrus

[edit] Sound Track

The soundtrack features four songs, composed by Vanraj Bhatia, with original lyrics by Mir Taqi Mir, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Insha, Makhdoom Mohiuddin and Sarwar Danda.