Mandi

The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as greedy land developers and an anti-prostitution politician who are pressuring them to leave town.

Cast

Shabana Azmi

as Rukmini Bai

Smita Patil

as Zeenat

Naseeruddin Shah

as Tungrus

Amrish Puri

as Darvish

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

as Mr. Gupta

Saeed Jaffrey

as Major Agarwal

Sreela Majumdar

as Phoolmani

Neena Gupta

as Basanti

Gita Siddharth

as Shantidevi

Aditya Bhattacharya

as Sushil Agarwal

Reviews

alcapoon

Based on a short story from an Urdu short story called "Anandi" by Ghulam Abbas, Mandi is presented as a black comedy about a group of prostitutes, led by Rukminibai, who struggle against the 'morality-police' forces in the city that want them thrown out, and their brothel destroyed to make room for...

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