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7.1/10
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Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 1 nomination
Jaaved Jaaferi
- Jatin
- (as Javed Jaffrey)
Devyani Saltzman
- Girl in video shop
- (as Devyani Mehta Saltzman)
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Did you know
- TriviaDeepa Mehta after being inspired by Nandita Das in the film.She signed her for Earth 1947.(1999).
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Movie Show: Episode dated 13 August 1997 (1997)
- SoundtracksBombay Theme
(1995)
Composed by A.R. Rahman
From the Bombay (1995) soundtrack
Available on CD & cassette from PolyGram India Ltd.
Courtesy of Mani Ratnam
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Worthwhile foreign film, good acting
A fairly interesting look at some characters from India's burgeoning middle class. Although India is rapidly modernizing, her culture is not keeping up. This film involves the patriarchal society, where women are not yet truly free citizens. A land of arranged marriages, men who dally with mistresses with total impunity, and women who are expected to tolerate all this, will eventually come up short. I was impressed with Nandita Das, who was quite attractive, and played her character with total earnestness. But I was even more impressed with Shabana Azmi, who I understand is a long-time fixture of Bollywood. Her quiet beauty and low-key psychic suffering was excellent. The lesbian subtext of this film was never particularly erotic, and never titillating. (Darn!) Worth a look for those interested in vastly different cultures.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $402,749
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,384
- Aug 24, 1997
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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