Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)

Directed by

Aparna Sen

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 03m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Hindu woman and a Muslim man are thrown together on a bus ride through countryside torn by religious violence. As danger closes in, the two strangers must pretend to be married to survive.

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What happens

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer is a 2002 Indian drama film written and directed by Aparna Sen and produced by N. Venkatesan. The film features 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 composed the background score and music for the film and Goutam Ghose was the cinematographer. The film had English as its dominant language with a sporadic use of Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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