FlickFlick
Mandi backdrop

Mandi

1983·Comedy·2h 47m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Shyam Benegal
small town
prostitute
brothel
mute
IMDB
IMDB
N/A
Where to Watch
Brew

Cast

Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi
Rukmini Bai
Smita Patil
Smita Patil
Zeenat
Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah
Tungrus
Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri
Darvish
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Mr. Gupta
Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey
Major Agarwal
Sreela Majumdar
Sreela Majumdar
Phoolmani
Neena Gupta
Neena Gupta
Basanti
Gita Siddharth
Gita Siddharth
Shantidevi
Om Puri
Om Puri
Ram Gopal
Harish Patel
Harish Patel
Policeman
Soni Razdan
Soni Razdan
Nadra

Crew

Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal
Director
Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal
Writer
Satyadev Dubey
Satyadev Dubey
Writer
Shama Zaidi
Shama Zaidi
Writer
Ashok Mehta
Ashok Mehta
Director of Photography
Dev Benegal
Dev Benegal
Assistant Director
Kalpana Lajmi
Kalpana Lajmi
Assistant Director
Ila Arun
Ila Arun
Lyricist
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle
Playback Singer
Vanraj Bhatia
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Satyadev Dubey
Satyadev Dubey
Dialogue
Ashok Mehta
Ashok Mehta
Cinematography

Popular Reviews

6 reviews
Rohan
Rohan
4.8★ · 06/05/25
Mandi
when you say star-studded cast this is what you mean.
when you say star-studded cast this is what you mean.
Favorite
Comment
Jagdish
Jagdish
9.6★ · 11/19/21
Mandi
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY AS A SOCIETY WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT SHYAM BENEGAL’S 1983 POLITICAL ALLEGORY ON SEX WORK, MISOGYNY, FEMINISM AND CORRUPTION. 

MY HEART MELTD TO SEE SO MANY PARALLEL CINEMA LEGENDS IN A SINGLE FILM ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY AS A SOCIETY WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT SHYAM BENEGAL’S 1983 POLITICAL ALLEGORY ON SEX WORK, MISOGYNY, FEMINISM AND CORRUPTION. 

MY HEART MELTD TO SEE SO MANY PARALLEL CINEMA LEGENDS IN A SINGLE FILM ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Favorite
Comment
Zulius
Zulius
7.0★ · 10/10/25
Mandi
Favorite
Comment
Shiuli
Shiuli
7.0★ · 01/12/25
Mandi
Favorite
Comment
cerealzerooo
8.0★ · 12/24/24
Mandi
Favorite
Comment