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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer 2002 Directed by Aparna Sen

Emotions Under Curfew

A bus is setting out to Calcutta from a village in West Bengal. Meenakshi Iyer, who is from a strict orthodox Hindu background, is leaving to Chennai for her husband, with her young child, after the vacation with her parents. By chance, she gets a co-passenger who is also to Chennai, Rajah, a photographer, introduced by one of the friends of her father. During the journey they build a good relationship. But a Hindu-Muslim communal riot sets out in the meantime, in some areas they had to travel. Then she comes to face the fact that Rajah is not a Hindu but a Muslim whose real name is Jehangir. Even though she curses herself at that time while some Hindu fanatics evade their bus she saves him introducing as Mr. Iyer. But they have to reach their destination while the other passengers know Rajah as no one else but Mr. Iyer.

Production Country India
Language English
Spoken Languages Bengali , English , Hindi , Punjabi , Tamil , Urdu
Gnere Drama
Production Company Triplecom Media Production
Release Date 19 July 2002
117 mins
Cast
Konkona Sen Sharma Meenakshi S. Iyer
Rahul Bose Jehangir "Raja" Chowdhury
Bhisham Sahni Iqbal Ahmed Khan
Surekha Sikri Najma Ahmed Khan
Bharat Kaul Rajesh Arora
A.V. Iyenger Meenakshi's Father
Vijaya Subramanium Meenakshi's Mother
Sunil Mukherjee Bungalow caretaker
Rajatabha Dutta Card player #1
Chandan Sen Hindu fanatic
Rwita Datta Chakraborty Disabled boy's mother
Masood Akhtar Passenger
Rabi Ranjan Moitra Dr. Chatterjee
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