Banaras (2006)

A mystic love story... between two people of different castes... set in the oldest living city on Earth...

Director:

Pankaj Parashar

Writers:

Javed Siddiqui (dialogue), L.C. Singh

Stars:

Urmila Matondkar, Ashmit Patel, Dimple Kapadia

Cast

Credited cast:
Urmila Matondkar	...	Shwetambari
Ashmit Patel	...	Soham
Dimple Kapadia	...	Gayatri
Raj Babbar	...	Mahendra Nath
Naseeruddin Shah	...	Babaji
Akash Khurana	...	Dr. Gopal Bhattacharya
Arif Zakaria	...	Inspector Satpal Shukla
Javed Khan	...	Gunjan Juari
Rajeev Mishra	...	Mahamaya
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chetana Das
Meenal Patel	...	Dadi
Aditi Pratap	...	Anjali
Tara	...	(as Tahra)

Storyline

Shwetambri Nath lives a wealthy lifestyle in the holy city of Banaras in India with her mom, Gayetri, and dad, Mahendra. She is now of marriageable age and has a young man, Satpal Shukla, who is also the Police Inspector in the area, who would like to marry her. But Shwetambri is attracted to an orphan, Soham, of a lower caste who lives with a woman called Dadi who is a sweeper by profession. Nevertheless, Shwetambri continues to meet with Soham on the pretext of learning music, and introduces him to her parents, who instantly disapprove of him. When Shwetambri refuses to marry anyone else, her parents relent and get her formally engaged to Soham, especially after learning that he may not be of a lower caste but of an unknown caste and has no blood relationship with Dadi. Shortly before the marriage takes place, Shwetambri's life is turned upside down when Satpal informs her that Soham has been killed. In her grief, she loses her mind and becomes a loner. Her dad asks a childhood ...

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Plot Keywords:

india | orphan | shiva | guru | hinduism | 

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Taglines:

A mystic love story

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Genres:

Musical | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [n] (English)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

7 April 2006 (India)

Also Known As:

Banaras: A Mystic Love Story

Filming Locations:

Banaras Hindu University - BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Setu Creations

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

On 2 March 2006, a five-hour long puja (prayer) was performed for the success of the film. The puja was conducted by 16 Pundits, and occurred on the banks of the River Ganges at the holy Dasashwamedh Ghat. It was attended by the film's producer and writer L.C. Singh and director Pankaj Parashar. The next day, another puja was performed inside the Vishwanath Temple.

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Goofs

The "grandmother" tells Soham that Kabir was an orphan found on the banks of Ganges river. In reality, Kabir was found by a water-well in Lahartara, a suburb of Varanasi.

User Reviews

Its Fantastic

As i was invited by my friend for this movie.I went and watched.Really its excellent as i am also a devotee of Shiva and i felt that lord Shiva has called me to see this movie.A wonderful experience for me.The movie not only gives insight of the true love and passion but the truth of life and self realization.Its amazing and wonderful.It was a good experience while watching the movie.Really i cant forget the movie and scenes.Songs,Locations,Emotions are really worth seeing...Thats why its been rated for Oscar also.I would like to recommend all the youngsters to see this movie....

Kavitha