Mandi (1983)

Comedy
Drama
Romance

The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town.

Cast

Rukmini Bai
Shabana Azmi
Zeenat
Smita Patil
Ram Gopal
Om Puri
Policeman
Harish Patel
Nadra
Soni Razdan
Kamli
Ila Arun
Parweena
A Anita Kanwar
Malti Gupta
Ratna Pathak Shah
Mrs. Gupta
S Sunila Pradhan
Shantidevi's Assistant
Pankaj Kapur
Shrikant
K.K. Raina
Councillor
Satish Kaushik
Tungrus
Naseeruddin Shah
The Doctor
Annu Kapoor
K Khokha Mukherji
A Athar Nawaaz
R Raj Narasimha Rao
A Aslam Farshuri
S Sita Ram
S Swadesh Paul
M Milena Marques
A A. Laxmi
M Monisha Banerjee
Darvish
Amrish Puri
A Aruna
A Abdul Aziz
A Azim Aziz
B Bela
L Lila Bai
G G. S. Deshmukh
Q Quddus Ahmed
M Murli
A Ashay Chitre
Mr. Gupta
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Major Agarwal
Saeed Jaffrey
Phoolmani
Sreela Majumdar
Basanti
Neena Gupta
Shantidevi
G Gita Siddharth
Sushil Agarwal
A Aditya Bhattacharya

Crew

Director
Shyam Benegal
Producer
F Freni M. Variava
Producer
L Lalit M. Bijlani
Writer
Satyadev Dubey
Writer
Shama Zaidi
Cinematography
Ashok Mehta
Assistant Camera
H Hari Roy
Assistant Camera
M Manish Bhatt
Assistant Camera
R Raj Khatri
Assistant Editor
D Dilip Bhopale
Assistant Editor
J Jagdish Mohite
Music Supervision Assistant
K Kersi Lord
Music Supervision Assistant
U Uttam Singh
Assistant Art Director
S Samir Chandra
Assistant Art Director
P Paltu Sharma
Assistant Costume Designer
M Monisha Banerjee
Assistant Costume Designer
M Milena Marques
Assistant Costume Designer
J John
Assistant Makeup Artist
A Ajit Vengurlekar
Makeup Artist
V V. Govekar
Hairdresser
B Bela
Hairdresser
M Miriam Samuel
Hairdresser
M Mallika Samuel
Hairdresser
L Lila Bai
Production Assistant
J Jethu Maliramani
Production Assistant
Q Quddus Ahmed
Production Assistant
M M. K. Shah
Production Assistant
D Deepak
Production Assistant
H Hemant Bhagat
Assistant Director
D Dev Benegal
Assistant Director
Kalpana Lajmi
Assistant Director
S Swadesh Paul
Assistant Director
J Joy Roy
Production Executive
M M. A. Bhatia
Production Controller
R Raj Pius
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
M Mangesh Desai
Still Photographer
S S.R. Shekhar
Lyricist
M Mir Taqi Mir
Lyricist
B Bahadur Shah Zafar
Lyricist
M Makhoom Mohiuddin
Lyricist
S Sarwar Danda
Lyricist
Ila Arun
Playback Singer
Asha Bhosle
Playback Singer
P Priti Sagar
Choreographer
S Sudarshan Dheer
First Assistant Director
D Dayal Nihalani
Costume Designer
S Saba Zaidi
Art Direction
N Nitish Roy
Technical Advisor
K K.B. Kamat
Editor
B Bhanudas Divakar
Sound
H Hitendra Ghosh
Assistant Sound Designer
M M. H. Kalsikar
Assistant Sound Designer
V Vijay Bhope
Music
Vanraj Bhatia
Writer
Shyam Benegal
Original Story
G Ghulam Abbas
Dialogue
Satyadev Dubey
Director of Photography
Ashok Mehta
Executive Producer
S Silloo Fali Variava
Executive Producer
B Bhishum M. J. Bijlani