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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   98 votes
Director:
Shyam Benegal
Writers:
Shyam Benegal (writer)
Ruskin Bond (story)
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Plot:
The movie chronicles the period of 1857 to 1858 when the soldiers of the East India Company mutinied... more | add synopsis
Awards:
6 wins more
User Comments:
Great movie! more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Jalal Agha ... Kader Khan
Nafisa Ali ... Ruth Labadoor
Tom Alter ... Priest

Shabana Azmi ... Firdaus (Javed's wife)
Benjamin Gilani ... Rashid Khan
Karan Kapoor
Kunal Kapoor
Sanjana Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor ... Javed Khan
Geoffrey Kendal
Jennifer Kendal ... Mrs. Mariam Labadoor (Ruth's mom)
Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Lalal Ramjimal
Deepti Naval ... Rashid's wife
Pearl Padamsee ... Bitter woman
Sushma Seth ... Javed's chachi
Naseeruddin Shah ... Javed's Brother-in-law, Sarfaraz Khan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Flight of Pigeons
Possessed
The Obsession
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Runtime:
141 min
Country:
India
Language:
Hindi | English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
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Company:
Film-Valas more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Great movie!, 17 July 2006
9/10
Author: bcr004 from United States

This movie is a beautiful love story and portrays the feudal life style of the landed aristocracy in North India, particularly in the Awadh region (around Lucknow), a major centre of the 1857 war of independence. Also, IMHO, Javed Khan (Shashi Kapoor)has already seen Ruth, even before the Church massacre (remember the first scene- Ruth notices someone standing outside the house).

Interesting trivia from the movie:

Ruth's grandma is played by Ismat Chughtai, one of the foremost progressive Urdu writers of the last century.

Ruth was played by Nafisa Ali, who had been crowned Miss India in 1977 or 1978 (?). This was her last movie till she appeared in the 2000 movie 'Major Saab' with Amitabh Bacchan (Amitabh's wife).

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