Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Aparna Sen

Writers:

Dulal Dey (story)
Aparna Sen (story)

Release Date:

19 July 2002 (India)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Meenakshi Iyer comes from a devout Hindu Brahmin family, purely vegetarian, who not only abstain from meat...

Plot Keywords:

Muslim | Police | Photographer | Brahmin | Journey

Awards:

9 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Rahul Bose	...	Raja
Konkona Sen Sharma	...	Mrs. Meenakshi S. Iyer (as Konkona Sensharma)
Bhisham Sahni	...	Iqbal Ahmed Khan (as Bhisham Sahani)
Surekha Sikri	...	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 Ghosh Shetty	...	Voice overs
Vijaya Subramanium	...	Meenakshi's Mother
A.V. Iyenger	...	Meenakshi's Father

Runtime:

120 min | Switzerland:123 min (Locarno Film Festival)

Country:

India

Language:

English | Tamil | Bengali | Hindi | Punjabi | Urdu

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:12 (DVD) | UK:15

Company:

Triplecom Media Production

Trivia:

Uday Bhawalkar provided the vocals for the theme track of this movie. The theme is based on an ancient form of Indian classical music called "Dhrupad", rarely heard in movies.

Movie Connections:

References Dil Kya Kare (1999)

Soundtrack:

Kithe Meher Ali

Its not about Hindu and Muslim

Hindu - Muslim riots in the movie is merely the backdrop. People who have commented here just see it as a yet another attempt to take advantage of western perception of India. Sorry, it seems you have completely missed the point. The point tries to make a case between love and honor. And this is India, married women do not indulge (more often that not) in to extra marital affairs. So there is dilemma in the Minds of Raj and Meenaxi. Meenaxi who reluctantly fall in for Raj and Raj who understands it but is bound by his honor. Their relation is platonic and full marks to Aparna for keeping it so because by making it controversial she could have reaped more benefits at the box office.

Well certain someone said that the act by the leads had not been put up properly. Konkana Sen Sharma got national award for her debut. People need to realize that she is a bong. Unlike west we don't not only have different dialects but entirely different languages. And the dialect is also extremely different. Which is why the performance is really really mind blowing, especially from the leads. Rahul Bose give a completely restrained performance. Aparna keeps is subtle. She is the greatest women director or may be probably the only who can carry of the subject like this. Kudos!