City of Joy
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Roland Joffe
Aloke Roychoudhury
Neel Mukherjee
Dipti Dave
Anjan Dutt
Aloknanda Datta
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in an impoverished section of Calcutta, story of a dispirited American doctor, a British woman who runs a clinic for the poor and an Indian couple whose lives come together as they face the ravages of the city.
Director
Roland Joffe
Cast
Aloke Roychoudhury
Neel Mukherjee
Dipti Dave
Anjan Dutt
Aloknanda Datta
Shabana Azmi
Saran Chatterjee
Siddharth Roy
Manu Mukherjee
Shyamanand Jalan
Tamal Raichowdhury
Mansi Upadhyay
Chetna Jalan
Sunil Mukherjee
Ravi Jhankal
Patrick Swayze
Pauline Collins
Rudraprasad Sengupta
Sanjay Pathak
Suneeta Sengupta
Nabil Shaban
Charubala Chokshi
Durba Datta
Keira Jane Malik
Debtosh Ghosh
Debasish Banerjee
John Nair
Chhotu Bhai
Baroon Chakraborty
Chitra Sen
Imran Badsah Khan
Satya Banerjee
Anashua Mujumdar
Rana Mitra
Siv Sankar Banerjee
Loveleen Mishra
Sami Ahmad
Kajal Chaudhury
Santu Chowdhury
Subrata Sen Sharma
Pavan Malhotra
Art Malik
Chakradhar Jena
Om Puri
Debraj Roy
Sudip Banerjee
Gouri Sankar Panda
Ayesha Dharker
Masood Akhtar
Paresh Ghosh
Shyamal Sengupta
Swatilekha Sengupta
Crew
Rashid Abassi
Joss Agnew
S M Ferozeuddin Alameer
Nick Allder
David Appleby
Cate Arbeid
Lynda Armstrong
Deborah Attoinese
Dilip Banerjee
Mohini Banerjee
Joyce Barneto
Clive Barrett
Bill Barringer
Jonathan Bates
Sallie Beechinor
Bert Berns
Claude Berri
Chuck Berry
Oscar Beuselinck
Supantha Bhattacharjee
Alan Billam
Peter Biziou
Richard Blackford
Peter Bloor
Asoke Bose
Elaine Bowerbank
Daniel Brisseau
Neil Carr
Debashish Chatterjee
Eleanor Chaudhuri
Carolyne Chauncey
Felice E Raffaele Clemente
Neil Corbould
Michael Crouch
Clarence D'silva
Dr. Vijaya Daing
Ron Davis
Enrico Demelis
Rita Dey
Richard Dunford
Arthur Dunne
Jake Eberts
Peter Elliot
Paul Engelen
Mark Evans
Martin Evans
David Everall
John Fenner
Francine Filatriau
Olivier Fontenay
Barry Fowler
Nancy Foy
Glenn Frey
Ian Fuller
Len Furey
Dr. Robert Gale
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Paula Gillespie
Matthew Glen
Charles Green
Ray Hall
Gerry Hambling
Don Henley
Ian Hickinbotham
Ron Hone
Peter Horrocks
Sheikh Nazrey Hossain
Joe Illing
Muhammad Israeil
Roland Joffe
Yash Johar
Priscilla John
Clayton Kennedy
Patricia Kiely
Eddie Knight
Derek Knowler
Philip Kohler
Sirish Kumar
Jayanth Kumath
Cliff Lanning
Dominique Lapierre
Dick Lewzey
Andrew Lindsay
Claire Litchfield
Russell Lloyd
Lee Lighting Ltd
Jonathan C Lucas
Irene Lyons
Brian Mann
Pascal Marti
Don Maton
Sue Mawson
Alan Mcpherson
Phil Medley
Lawrence R Medoff
Mark Medoff
David Meeking
Randy Meisner
Barrie Melrose
Ray Merrin
Stuart Monteith
Judy Moorcroft
Damien Morisot
Andrea Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Peter Mounsey
John W Murphy
Christine Newell
Andrew Noakes
Stefano Novelli
Eamonn O'keeffe
Andy Palmer
John Palmer
William Parnell
Tim Partridge
Franco Patrignani
Clive Pendry
Ron Phillips
Laura Pontecorvo
John Porter
Greg Powell
Mickey Pugh
Pat Rambaut
Chandra Ramesh
Germinal Rangel
Paul Rassam
Dileep Singh Rathore
David Ridout
Michael Roberts
Gordon Routledge
Bill Rowe
Emily Schweber
Alan Seabrook
Sunit Sengupta
Jerome Seydoux
Sujata Sharma
Lee Sheward
Rosalind Shingleton
Peter Skehan
Iain Smith
John H Smith
Adam Somner
Andy Stears
Eric Strange
Sujit Nasayan Sur
Lucinda Syson
Alan Taylor
Mike Taylor
Bradley Thomas
Charles Todman
Gerry Toomey
John Trehy
Kevin Trehy
Len Tremble
Michael Trent
Fabio Venturi
Roy Walker
Charles Waring
Terry Wells
Bill Westley
John Whelan
Mickey Woolfson
Ruth Young
Paolo Zampini
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video November 11, 1992
Released in United States Spring April 15, 1992
Wide Release in United States April 17, 1992
Began shooting February 9, 1991.
Completed shooting mid May 1991.
Lightmotive is Roland Joffe's production company.
Shooting was periodically interrupted due to protests in Calcutta. Protesters claimed the film maligns the city.
Film noted: "This film is dedicated to the following - The Rickshaw Pullers of Calcutta, Mother Theresa and the Missionaries of Charity, Dr Jack Preger and His Voluntary Workers, Jane Webb and the Rehabilitation Centres For Children, Sos Children's Village, Calcutta Social Project, Future Hope Project, Ramakrishna Mission and Action Aid For Lepers' Children of Calcutta.
In affectionate memory of Judy Moorecroft."
Pick-ups and monsoon scenes took place in August 1991.
Released in United States Spring April 15, 1992
Wide Release in United States April 17, 1992
Released in United States on Video November 11, 1992
