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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)

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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)

Name: Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002-07-19

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

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

Esha Chauhan

Anjan Dutt

Kalyan Ray

Voice overs

Rajatabha Dutta

Rahul Mulani

Voice overs

Aparna Sen

Writer / Director

Zakir Hussain

Music

Goutam Ghose

Cinematography

Dulal Dey

Writer

Rabi Ranjan Moitra

Editor

Jisshu Sengupta

Media.

Details.

Release Date
July 19, 2002

Status
Released

Running Time
2h

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

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Wiki.

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer is a 2002 Indian English-language 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.

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. The film had English as its predominant language with a sporadic use of Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali.