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Quest (2006)

Quest poster
Directed by
Amol Palekar
Country
India
Runtime
1h 56m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman learns that her husband is gay. The film follows her as she processes this discovery and its impact on their marriage.

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What happens

Quest (Marathi title: Thang) is a 2006 bilingual English and Marathi Indian drama film directed by Amol Palekar, starring Mukta Barve, Rishi Deshpande, Mrinal Kulkarni in lead roles. The film is last part of the trilogy on sexuality, which includes Daayraa (The Square Circle, 1996) and Anahat (Eternity, 2001). It is an urban story of a woman who discovers that her husband is homosexual. It was premiered at the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) on 5 August 2006. This is first English language film made by Palekar. Both the version in Marathi and English were shot simultaneously, and the shooting was completed in 25 days. At the 54th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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