Kama Sutra
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mira Nair
Arundhati Rao
Nandita Mehrotra
Vijay Parek
Raymon Tikaram
Harish Patel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An epic tale of love and desire infused with all the pageantry, passion and vibrant color of 16th century India. Tara, a noble princess, and Maya, a palace servant girl, have been raised together as childhood friends and rivals. While Tara wears fine silks and jewels and learns the etiquette of the Kama Sutra, Maya must be content with Tara's cast-offs. Despite her superior status and privilege, Tara is threatened by Maya's inherent sensuality and grace, often humiliating her publicly in court. On the eve of Tara's wedding to the great Raj Singh, Maya exacts sweet revenge as she slips into the king's bedchamber and seduces him. But when Maya's treachery is discovered, she is banished from the palace in shame. Forced to wander through the kingdom, she is finally befriended by the court sculptor, Jai, who inadvertently units her with Rasa Devi, the famed teacher of the Kama Sutra. Maya now begins a journey in which she will learn the full lesson of this timeless text.
Director
Mira Nair
Cast
Arundhati Rao
Nandita Mehrotra
Vijay Parek
Raymon Tikaram
Harish Patel
Anjum Rajabali
Bhanumathi Rao
Daphnee Breytenbach
Arjun Sajnani
Rahul Vohra
Zoya Akhtar
Achla Sachdev
Shubha Mudgal
Vasudeo Bhatt
Debi Basu
Urvashi Nair
Manize Boga
Khalid Tyabji
Dinaz Stafford
Ramon Tikaram
Piu Dutt
Indira Varma
Sunil Chhabra
Purnima Raju
Kusum Haidar
Nina Sareen
Naveen Andrews
Sinia Jain
Uravshi Nair
Himanshu Malik
Avijit Dutt
Siddharth Anand Kumar
Yasmine Stafford
Sarita Choudhury
Pearl Padamsee
Shyamoli Varma
Maya Krishna Rao
Deepti Datt
Celesteann Cruz
Prabeen Singh
Surabhi Bhansali
Nizami Chattarpur
Garima Dhup
Moneeka Misra Tanvir
Ranjit Chowdhry
Crew
Pramod Aamkar
Rajeev Acharya
G R Adam
Manoharlal Agarwal
Tanvir Ahmed
Zoya Akhtar
S M Ferozeuddin Alameer
Hassan Ali
Harish Amin
Robyn Aronstam
Sandeep Arora
Loveleen Baines
Vasant Jano Bandre
Vijay Barik
Caroline Baron
Debi Basu
Shyah Bikari
Kristina Boden
Ben Boodman
Shankar Borua
Clare Bosner
Michelle Botticelli
Richard J Boyle
Kate Butler
Nancy Cabrera
Suzanne Caplan
Stephanie Carroll
Eduardo Castro
Sunil Chadra
Prasanjeet Chanda
Nitin Chandrachud
M. Naresh Chaudhry
Nupu Chaudhuri
Nupu Chaudhuri
Mona Chawla
Vasant Chayan
Neetu Chopra
Satish Choubay
Shebana Coelho
Meena Coutinho
Keith Croket
Naomi Cromwell
Uma Dacunha
Anessh Daniel
Jeff Danna
Mychael Danna
Arvind Dave
Balaram Dawande
Mulchand Deohia
Nitin Desai
Arjun Dhassin
Bazel Dhillon
Tina Difeliciantonio
Rakesh Kumar Dixit
Gwen Everhan
Lisa K. Ferguson
Moses Fernandez
Susie Figgis
Mark Friedberg
Selva Ganesh
Amin Ghani
Ramesh Ghate
Vithal Ghate
Donal Gilligan
Mark Ginsberg
Tula Goenka
Naresh Goswami
Lakkan Gupta
Prashant Gupta
Sanjay Gupta
Satchatorata Gupta
Brad Haehnel
Pat Hay
Andrea Holmes
Air India
Paul Intson
Sheikh Irshad
Amitanshu Jain
Kenton Jakub
Gerry Jones
Tukaram R. Joshi
Ashok Kadam
Nayantara Kalguikar
Aruna Narayan Kalle
Shital Kanvinde
Prassana Karkhanis
Shyam Kaushal
Prakash Babu Kawle
Giles Khan
Hanoj Khan
Hidayat H. Khan
Irshad H. Khan
Kumayun Khan
Muhtaz Khan
Nizam Khan
Razak Khan
Ustad Imrat Hussein Khan
Zamir H. Khan
Sanjay Khanna
Ashok Khatri
Anwar Khurshid
Ron Korb
Helena Kriel
Dilip Kumar
Mahesh Kumar
Mariam Ajit Kumar
Sanjay Kumar
Siddharth Anand Kumar
Drew Kunin
Asha Kurian
Apoorva Lakhia
Jia Lal
George Lara
Clare Larson
David Lee
Stuart Levy
Himanshu Malik
Sanjay Malik
Laloo Malla
Pappu Marwadi
Annie M Matthews
Sujit Mayakar
Babu Lal Mina
Mohan Mishra
Michael W. Mitchell
Sajid Mitha
Helen Monaghan
Urmilla Lal Motwani
Peter Mountain
Branka Mrkic-tana
Shubha Mudgal
Austin Myers
Mira Nair
Mira Nair
Praveen Nair
Rudabah Nanporia
Ramesh Narvekah
Shambu Nath
Paul Nickason
Kirti Panchal
Dr. Pankay H. Pandya
Hemant M. Pandya
Anjali Panjabi
Rita Parikh
Arun Patil
Shyam Rao Patil
Yeshwant Patil
Ravi Pawar
Glenfield Payne
Lydia Pilcher
Durga Prasad
Declan Quinn
Raju Raghavan
Abdul Rahim
Purnima Raju
Maya Krishna Rao
Kashinath Ratate
Pradip Reoij
Gyand Chand Rikhi
Pete Romano
Stephen Rose
Tapan Roy
Gulam Sabir
G S Sachdev
Ramesh Sadrani
Anureeta Saigal
Sunil Samjiskar
Dilip Satam
Amita Sehgal
Shalini Sethi
Sandeep Sharma
Supriya Sharma
Patrick Sheedy
Abdul Hamid Sheikh
Mandira Shukla
Harveer Singh
Mridula Singh
Shyamendra Singh
Kevin Smyth
Mary Soan
Sureshsingh Sodha
Paul P Soucek
Dinaz Stafford
Dinaz Stafford
Yasmine Stafford
Tony V Stevens
L Subramaniam
Wajida Tabassam
Digamber Talekar
Dominick Tavella
Robin Thoman
Yogender Tyagi
Brian Vancho
Brian Vibberts
Chandler Vinar
Th. Vikku Vinayakram
Steve Visscher
Lalsu Viswakarma
Rahul Vohra
Magdaline Volaitis
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States March 14, 1997
Expanded Release in United States March 7, 1997
Limited Release in United States February 28, 1997
Released in United States on Video August 19, 1997
Released in United States September 1996
Released in United States Winter February 28, 1997
Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival September 19-28, 1996.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.
Completed shooting December 16, 1995.
This project marks Rekha's first English language film.
Limited Release in United States February 28, 1997
Released in United States Winter February 28, 1997
Expanded Release in United States March 7, 1997
Expanded Release in United States March 14, 1997
Released in United States on Video August 19, 1997
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival September 19-28, 1996.)
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.)
