English, August (1994)

Agasyta, an urban bengali who seamlessly shuttles between Ella Fitzgerald and Rabindra Sangeet, joins the Indian administration service and gets posted in the lap of India's hinterland - a ... See full synopsis »

Director:

Dev Benegal

Writers:

Dev Benegal, Upamanyu Chatterjee (novel),

Stars:

Tanvi Azmi, Rahul Bose, Shivaji Satam

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tanvi Azmi	...	Malti Srivastava
Rahul Bose	...	Agastya Sen
Shivaji Satam	...	Sathe
Veerendra Saxena	...	Laxman Shankar
Salim Shah	...	Ravi Srivastava
Uttam Sirur	...	Laxman Shankar's brother
Yogendra Tikku	...	Kumar
Mita Vasisht	...	Sita Avery

Storyline

Agasyta, an urban bengali who seamlessly shuttles between Ella Fitzgerald and Rabindra Sangeet, joins the Indian administration service and gets posted in the lap of India's hinterland - a dingy little town called Madna... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

local government | india | career | indian | filmi fundas | 

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Taglines:

male nudity

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Genres:

Drama | Comedy

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 1994 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Agastya, der Engländer

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tropicfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dev Benegal has directed two movies, Road, Movie and English, August, with commas in the title.

User Reviews

brave effort ...

english, august released in 1994 was one of the first indian movies in english. this brave effort and its relative success paved the way for many such movies later in the 90s. this movie which is based on the brilliant book by upamanyu chatterjee is very well made and is enjoyable.

the movie captures well the dichotomy and the vast gap between rural india and its urban youth. rahul bose is very good as the lost young IAS officer unable to come to terms with the slow-paced rural life.

the movie is rather a faithful adaptation of the book, but nowhere as brilliant as the book itself. see the movie after reading the brilliant book.

a competent 8!!