Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
July 19, 2002Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Rahul Bose
Raja Chowdhury / Jehangir Chowdhury
Konkona Sen Sharma
Meenakshi Iyer
Bhisham Sahni
Iqbal Ahmed Khan
Bharat Kaul
Rajesh Arora
Surekha Sikri
Najma Khan
Aparna Sen
Director
A.V. Iyenger
Meenakshi's Father
Dulal Dey
Writer
Vijaya Subramanium
Meenakshi's Mother
Zakir Hussain
Composer
Goutam Ghose
Cinematographer
Rabi Ranjan Moitra
Editor
Rajatabha Dutta
Jisshu Sengupta
Anjan Dutt
Esha Chauhan
Media.
Details.
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, an Indian tabla maestro, composed the background score and music for the film; Goutam Ghose, a film director himself, 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, which was also released as a DVD, had English as its predominant language with a sporadic use of Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali.