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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
Themes
- small town
- prostitute
- brothel
- mute
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- 1983-00-00
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prostitution
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Hyderabad
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brothel
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Bahadur Shah Zafar
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Asha Bhosle
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linga
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Amrish Puri
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Om Puri
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Shabana Azmi
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Filmfare Awards
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Naseeruddin Shah
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Soni Razdan
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National Film Awards
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Shyam Benegal
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Ila Arun
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Smita Patil
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BFI London Film Festival
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Saeed Jaffrey
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Categories
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 AwardFilms with screenplays by Shama ZaidiHindi-language comedy-drama filmsIndian satirical filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateUrdu-language Indian films