Directed by: Shekhar Kapur Script: Sampooran Singh Gulzar Producer: Devi Dutt, Chanda Dutt Production company: Krsna Films Unit Cinematography: Pravin Bhatt Music: Rahul Dev Burman Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Saeed Jaffrey, Tanuja, Urmila Matondkar
Format: boja, color, video Running time: 165 min
Synopsis Indu (Shabana Azmi) and DK (Naseeruddin Shah) have a happy marriage. They are partners and lovers, and their prosperous home is filled with the laughter of their two sunny, affectionate daughters. One day, this joyful peace is shattered when DK receives word that he has a son - early in his marriage to Indu he had a brief affair with another woman who had his child and never told him. Now the woman is dead and the boy, Rahul (Jugal Hansraj), is in need of a father and a home. Over the objections of Indu, who is heartbroken and devastated to learn of her husband's unfaithfulness, the boy comes to stay with them for a time. Rahul bonds with Indu and DK's daughters - and with DK - but Indu can't bear to look at the boy, who is a physical, tangible reminder of DK's breach of her trust.
Directors Biography Shekhar Kapur, born December 6, 1945 in Lahore, Punjab, (British India) is an acclaimed Indian film director and producer. He started his career as actor in the movie' 'tute khilone' in Bollywood and then directing the Hindi films Masoom (1983) and the 1987 science-fiction film Mr India. In 1994 he directed the critically acclaimed Bandit Queen. He got international recognition for directing Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), both fictionalized accounts of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; the 1998 movie was nominated for 7 Oscars and the sequel has been nominated for 2 Oscars. A third episode in the Queen Elizabeth series is planned.
Location and screening schedule: BUG cinema &TD, Friday, October 24th at 21.00
