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Mammo
Sign in to saveMammo is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language film by Shyam Benegal. It stars Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri, Amit Phalke and Rajit Kapur.
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5.6Mammo is an account of a certain period in the life of Riyaz, a teenager who lives with his grandmother Fayyazi as they get a visit from his grandma’s sister Mehmooda Begum Anwar Ali, commonly known as ‘Mammo’.
Cast
- Farida Jalal as Mammo
- Surekha Sikri as Fayyazi
- Amit Phalke as Riyaz
- Rajit Kapoor as Older Riyaz
- Himani Shivpuri as Anwari
- Shri Vallabh Vyas as Sabir
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
511 votes
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 4 wins
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Key facts
- Film.image
- Mammo (movie poster).jpg
- Film.caption
- Poster
- Film.director
- Shyam Benegal
- Film.producer
- National Film Development Corporation of India
- Film.writer
- Khalid MohammedShama ZaidiJaved Siddiqui
- Film.starring
- Farida JalalRajit KapoorSurekha Sikri
- Film.music
- Vanraj Bhatia
- Film.cinematography
- Shyam Benegal
- Film.editing
- Shyam Benegal
- Film.distributor
- NFDC
- Film.runtime
- 130 minutes
- Film.country
- India
- Film.language
- Hindi
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 120
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- publication date
- 1994-01-01
- title
- मम्मो
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7 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Soundtrack
- Reception
- Accolades
- References
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Mammo is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language film by Shyam Benegal. It stars Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri, Amit Phalke and Rajit Kapur.
The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi in 1995. Farida Jalal won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, while Surekha Sikri won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. It was the first film of Benegal’s Muslim trilogy, which included Sardari Begum (1996) and Zubeidaa (2001). The film was critically acclaimed and is regarded among his best works. The film’s writer, Khalid Muhammad, mentioned that he wrote the role for Waheeda Rehman who was hesitant to do the role, thus casting Farida Jalal.