| Split Wide Open | |
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Promotional poster for Split Wide Open |
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| Directed by | Dev Benegal |
| Produced by | Anuradha Parikh |
| Written by | Farrukh Dhondy (screenplay) Dev Benegal (story) Upamanyu Chatterjee (story) Sudhir Mishra (Hindi dialogues) Shozo Ichiyama (Japanese dialogues) |
| Starring | Rahul Bose Laila Rouass Ayesha Dharkar Shivaji Satham |
| Music by | Nitin Sawhney |
| Cinematography | Sukumar Jatania |
| Editing by | Renu Saluja |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1 September 1999 (Venice) 4 November 1999 (Tokyo) 8 April 2000 (Singapore) 24 March 2000 (wide release) |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi, English |
Split Wide Open is a 1999 Indian film and is Dev Benegal's second feature film after English, August. The film primarily deals with the Water conflicts in the slums of Bombay, and paedophilia, and also looks at the subversive sexuality in modern India and how the notions of morality are challenged when sex and poverty collide. The film came under harsh criticism when released in India and has been one of the most controversial Indian films.
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The original soundtrack of the film consists of 5 instrumental tracks composed by Nitin Sawhney.[1]
The soundtrack also features:
The film also credits Massive Attack, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd, Purvi Parikh, The Dagar Brothers and Kishori Amonkar for their music used in the production of the film.