Mandi (1983)
February 25, 1983Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Shabana Azmi
Rukmini Bai
Smita Patil
Zeenat
Naseeruddin Shah
Tungrus
Amrish Puri
Darvish
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Mr. Gupta
Saeed Jaffrey
Major Agarwal
Sreela Majumdar
Phoolmani
Neena Gupta
Basanti
Gita Siddharth
Shantidevi
Aditya Bhattacharya
Sushil Agarwal
Om Puri
Ram Gopal
Harish Patel
Policeman
Soni Razdan
Nadra
Ila Arun
Kamli / Lyricist
Anita Kanwar
Parweena
Ratna Pathak Shah
Malti Gupta
Sunila Pradhan
Mrs. Gupta
Pankaj Kapur
Shantidevi's Assistant
K.K. Raina
Shrikant
Satish Kaushik
Councillor
Annu Kapoor
The Doctor
Shyam Benegal
Director / Writer
Satyadev Dubey
Writer / Dialogue
Lalit M. Bijlani
Producer
Freni M. Variava
Producer
Shama Zaidi
Writer
Ashok Mehta
Cinematography / Director of Photography
Hari Roy
Assistant Camera
Manish Bhatt
Assistant Camera
Raj Khatri
Assistant Camera
Dilip Bhopale
Assistant Editor
Jagdish Mohite
Assistant Editor
Kersi Lord
Music Supervision Assistant
Uttam Singh
Music Supervision Assistant
Samir Chandra
Assistant Art Director
Paltu Sharma
Assistant Art Director
John
Assistant Costume Designer
Ajit Vengurlekar
Assistant Makeup Artist
V. Govekar
Makeup Artist
Bela
Hairdresser
Miriam Samuel
Hairdresser
Mallika Samuel
Hairdresser
Jethu Maliramani
Production Assistant
M. K. Shah
Production Assistant
Deepak
Production Assistant
Hemant Bhagat
Production Assistant
Dev Benegal
Assistant Director
Kalpana Lajmi
Assistant Director
Joy Roy
Assistant Director
M. A. Bhatia
Production Executive
Raj Pius
Production Controller
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
S.R. Shekhar
Still Photographer
Mir Taqi Mir
Lyricist
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Lyricist
Makhoom Mohiuddin
Lyricist
Sarwar Danda
Lyricist
Asha Bhosle
Playback Singer
Priti Sagar
Playback Singer
Sudarshan Dheer
Choreographer
Dayal Nihalani
First Assistant Director
Saba Zaidi
Costume Designer
Nitish Roy
Art Direction
K.B. Kamat
Technical Advisor
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
Hitendra Ghosh
Sound
M. H. Kalsikar
Assistant Sound Designer
Vijay Bhope
Assistant Sound Designer
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Ghulam Abbas
Original Story
Silloo Fali Variava
Executive Producer
Bhishum M. J. Bijlani
Executive Producer
Aruna
Raj Narasimha Rao
Aslam Farshuri
Athar Nawaaz
Khokha Mukherji
A. Laxmi
Milena Marques
Assistant Costume Designer
Swadesh Paul
Assistant Director
Sita Ram
Azim Aziz
Bela
Lila Bai
Hairdresser
G. S. Deshmukh
Quddus Ahmed
Production Assistant
Murli
Ashay Chitre
Abdul Aziz
Monisha Banerjee
Assistant Costume Designer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 25, 1983
Original Nameमंडी
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 47m
Genres
Wiki.
Mandi (English: Market Place) is a 1983 Hindi-language film directed by Shyam Benegal. Based on a classic Urdu short story Aanandi by writer Ghulam Abbas, the film narrates the story of a brothel, situated in the heart of a city, an area that some politicians want for its prime locality. The film is a satirical comedy on politics and prostitution, and stars Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah among others.
The film won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Nitish Roy. It was selected at Indian Panorama at Filmostav, Bombay 1984, and was invited to the Los Angeles Exposition (FILMEX), the Hong Kong International Film Festival 1984, and London Film Festival 1983.Mandi is the Hindi Film with the highest number of Filmfare Award winners (12) in the cast (Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Neena Gupta, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Saeed Jaffrey, Annu Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Pankaj Kapur, Amrish Puri, Ila Arun and K. K. Raina). Additionally the film includes (4) Filmfare nominees in the cast (Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Anita Kanwar, Ratna Pathak Shah and Soni Razdan).