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Mandi (1983)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 2H 47M

Director : Shyam Benegal

Synopsis

The 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.

Actors

Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi
Rukmini Bai
Smita Patil
Smita Patil
Zeenat
Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri
Darvish
Om Puri
Om Puri
Ram Gopal
Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah
Tungrus
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Mr Gupta
Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey
Major Agarwal
Sreela Majumdar
Sreela Majumdar
Harish Patel
Harish Patel
Neena Gupta
Neena Gupta
Soni Razdan
Soni Razdan
Ila Arun
Ila Arun
Ratna Pathak
Ratna Pathak
Malti

Crews

Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal
Director
Freni M. Variava
Freni M. Variava
Producer
Lalit M. Bijlani
Lalit M. Bijlani
Producer
Satyadev Dubey
Satyadev Dubey
Writer
Shama Zaidi
Shama Zaidi
Writer
Ashok Mehta
Ashok Mehta
Cinematography

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