Mandi (1983)
मंडी
The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as greedy land developers and an anti-prostitution politician who are pressuring them to leave town.
- Date of release
- 1983-02-25
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 2h 47m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Shyam Benegal
Casting
- Shabana Azmi — Rukmini Bai
- Smita Patil — Zeenat
- Naseeruddin Shah — Tungrus
- Amrish Puri — Darvish
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda — Mr. Gupta
- Saeed Jaffrey — Major Agarwal
- Sreela Majumdar — Phoolmani
- Neena Gupta — Basanti
- Gita Siddharth — Shantidevi
- Aditya Bhattacharya — Sushil Agarwal
- Om Puri — Ram Gopal
- Harish Patel — Policeman
Interesting facts
Mandi is a 1983 Hindi-language film directed by Shyam Benegal. Based on a classic Urdu short story Aanandi by 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. The film is a satirical comedy on politics and prostitution, and stars Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Ratna Pathak Shah and Naseeruddin Shah among others. Ratna Pathak Shah made her Bollywood debut with this film.
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