Mr. and Mrs. Iyer

Aparna Sen
2002-07-19

Emotions Under Curfew
6.7
117 min

A bus is setting out to Calcutta from a village in West Bengal. Meenakshi Iyer, who is from a strict orthodox Hindu background, is leaving to Chennai for her husband, with her young child, after the vacation with her parents. By chance, she gets a co-passenger who is also to Chennai, Rajah, a photographer, introduced by one of the friends of her father. During the journey they build a good relationship. But a Hindu-Muslim communal riot sets out in the meantime, in some areas they had to travel. Then she comes to face the fact that Rajah is not a Hindu but a Muslim whose real name is Jehangir. Even though she curses herself at that time while some Hindu fanatics evade their bus she saves him introducing as Mr. Iyer. But they have to reach their destination while the other passengers know Rajah as no one else but Mr. Iyer.

Cast

Name Character Team
Konkona Sen Sharma Meenakshi S. Iyer Unowned
Rahul Bose Jehangir "Raja" Chowdhury Unowned
Bhisham Sahni Iqbal Ahmed Khan Unowned
Surekha Sikri Najma Ahmed Khan Unowned
Bharat Kaul Rajesh Arora Unowned
A.V. Iyenger Meenakshi's Father Unowned
Vijaya Subramanium Meenakshi's Mother Unowned
Sunil Mukherjee Bungalow caretaker Unowned
Anjan Dutt Cohen Unowned
Rajatabha Dutta Card player #1 Unowned
Bidipta Chakraborty Mrs. Dube Unowned
Chandan Sen Hindu fanatic Unowned
Rwita Datta Chakraborty Disabled boy's mother Unowned
Masood Akhtar Passenger Unowned
Rabi Ranjan Moitra Dr. Chatterjee Unowned
Kartik Chintamani Mani Iyer Unowned