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6.6The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town.
Released: 1983-02-25167 minDir: Shyam BenegalComedy, Drama, Romance
Cast
- Shabana Azmi as Rukmini Bai
- Smita Patil as Zeenat
- Naseeruddin Shah as Tungrus
- Amrish Puri as Darvish
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Mr. Gupta
- Saeed Jaffrey as Major Agarwal
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Key dates
- Published
- 1983
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- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Main subject
- prostitution
- Director
- Shyam Benegal
- Screenwriter
- Shyam Benegal
- Cast member
- Amrish Puri
- Composer
- Vanraj Bhatia
- Cinematographer
- Ashok Mehta
- Narrative location
- Hyderabad
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1980s Urdu-language films1983 comedy-drama films1983 films1983 Hindi-language films1983 Indian filmsFilms about prostitution in IndiaFilms based on short fictionFilms directed by Shyam BenegalFilms scored by Vanraj BhatiaFilms set in Hyderabad, IndiaFilms shot in Hyderabad, IndiaFilms whose production designer won the Best Production Design National Film Award