Top billed cast

1. 

   Shabana Azmi

   Rukmini Bai

2. 

   Smita Patil

   Zeenat

3. 

   Naseeruddin Shah

   Tungrus

4. 

   Amrish Puri

   Darvish

5. 

   Kulbhushan Kharbanda

   Mr. Gupta

6. 

   Saeed Jaffrey

   Major Agarwal

7. 

   Sreela Majumdar

   Phoolmani

8. 

   Neena Gupta

   Basanti

9. 

   Gita Siddharth

   Shantidevi

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Reviews

A review by alcapoon

Written by alcapoon on 2013-02-25

Based on a short story from an Urdu short story called "Anandi" by Ghulam Abbas, Mandi is presented as a black comedy about a group of prostitutes, led by Rukminibai, who struggle against the 'morality-police' forces in the city that want them thrown out, and their brothel destroyed to make room for 'development'.

This film is among Shyam Benegal's best work. Benegal assembles some highly professional actors, with Shabana Azmi excelling as the crude, selfish, yet likable "Bai" (madam) of the "Khota" (brothel), Smita Patil as the beautiful, gentle-looking, but rebellious Zeenat. The movie re...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
Hindi

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• small town
• prostitute
• brothel
• mute