Mandi

Mandi (1983) — comedy, drama, romance film. Directed by Shyam Benegal. Starring Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri. This page maps 7 characters and 9 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

Mandi (1983) Poster

Interactive Features for Mandi

Mandi offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:

Character Relationship Map — Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 7 characters interconnect through 9 relationship links.
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Story Analysis

A brothel community survives social condemnation, displacement, forbidden love, and the loss of its leader while searching for renewal.

Comedy, Drama, Romance · 6.6/10 · 167 min · 1983

Credits

Director

Shyam Benegal
Cast

as Rukmini Bai

Shabana Azmi
Cast

as Zeenat

Smita Patil
Cast

as Tungrus

Naseeruddin Shah
Cast

as Darvish

Amrish Puri
Cast

as Mr. Gupta

Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Cast

as Major Agarwal

Saeed Jaffrey
Cast

as Phoolmani

Sreela Majumdar
Cast

as Basanti

Neena Gupta
Cast

as Shantidevi

Gita Siddharth
Cast

as Sushil Agarwal

Aditya Bhattacharya
Cast

as Ram Gopal

Om Puri
Cast

as Policeman

Harish Patel

Images

Content sources

Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q6748044), public domain (CC0).