English, August
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Dev Benegal
Rahul Bose
Salim Shah
Shivaji Satham
Tanvi Azmi
Mita Vashisht
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Shedding light upon the "middling" corruption of low-level government bureaucrats in India's boondocks, a wry comedy which focuses on a well-educated Bengali who joins the public service and is sent to work as an assistant to the collector in a tiny village where he doesn't speak the language.
Director
Dev Benegal
Cast
Rahul Bose
Salim Shah
Shivaji Satham
Tanvi Azmi
Mita Vashisht
Virendra Saxena
Mita Vasisht
Shivaji Satam
Crew
Dev Benegal
Dev Benegal
Dev Benegal
Pia Benegal
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Uma Dacunha
Vikram Joglekar
Vikram Joglekar
Anoop Jotwani
Sopan Maler
K U Mohanan
Thom Noble
Anuradha Parikh-benegal
V Wood
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States March 1995
Released in United States November 1994
Released in United States September 1994
Shown at International Festival of Young Cinema (in competition) in Turin, Italy November 18-27, 1994.
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at International Festival of Young Cinema (in competition) in Turin, Italy November 18-27, 1994.)
Released in United States 1994
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 8-17, 1994.
Feature directorial debut for documentarian Dev Benegal.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 21 - April 6, 1997.
Shown at San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival March 2-9, 1995.
Released in United States March 1995 (Shown at San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival March 2-9, 1995.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 21 - April 6, 1997.)
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 8-17, 1994.)
