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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer is a 2002 Indian drama film written and directed by Aparna Sen and produced by N. Venkatesan. The film features Aparna Sen's daughter Konkona Sen Sharma as Meenakshi Iyer, a Tamil Iyer Brahmin who is a Hindu. Rahul Bose portrays the character of Raja Chowdhury, a Bengali Muslim wildlife photographer. The story revolves around these two lead characters during a fateful bus journey amidst the carnages of a communal strife in India. Zakir Hussain, an Indian tabla maestro, composed the background score and music for the film; Goutam Ghose, a film director himself, was the cinematographer.
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and was showcased at other prominent film festivals. The film opened to Indian audiences on 19 July 2002. It was met with critical acclaim upon release, and won several national and international awards, including the Golden Maile award at the Hawaii International Film Festival and the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration in India. The film, which was also released as a DVD, had English as its predominant language with a sporadic use of Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali.
Original Release
07/19/2002
US Release
04/25/2003
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rahul Bose | Jehangir Chowdhury / Raja Chowdhury / Jehangir "Raja" Chowdhury |
Konkona Sen Sharma | Meenakshi Iyer / Meenakshi S. Iyer |
Bhisham Sahni | Iqbal Ahmed Khan |
Surekha Sikri | Najma Khan / Najma Ahmed Khan |
Sunil Mukherjee | |
Anjan Dutt | |
Esha Chauhan | |
Kalyan Ray | Voice overs |
P.P. Bajaj | Voice overs |
Rahul Mulani | Voice overs |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rahul Bose | Jehangir Chowdhury / Raja Chowdhury / Jehangir "Raja" Chowdhury |
Konkona Sen Sharma | Meenakshi Iyer / Meenakshi S. Iyer |
Bhisham Sahni | Iqbal Ahmed Khan |
Surekha Sikri | Najma Khan / Najma Ahmed Khan |
Sunil Mukherjee | |
Anjan Dutt | |
Esha Chauhan | |
Kalyan Ray | Voice overs |
P.P. Bajaj | Voice overs |
Rahul Mulani | Voice overs |
Shernaz Patel | Voice overs |
Theron D'Souza | Voice overs |
Mona Shetty | Voice overs |
Vijaya Subramanium | Meenakshi's Mother |
A.V. Iyenger | Meenakshi's Father |
Niharika Seth | Khushbu |
Riddhi Basu | Mala |
Arnab Moitra | Suhel Sameer Rai |
Richa Vyas | Sonali |
Eden Das | Amrita |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rupali Mehta | Executive Producer |
N. Venkatesan | Producer |