Mirch Masala (1986)
128 min
Early-1940s, rural British India. When a woman decides to fight against the village's despotic subedar and is supported by the guard of the local spice factory, more women join to defy the prevailing oppression.
- Release date
- February 18, 1987
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, India
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Cast
- Smita Patil as Sonbai
- Naseeruddin Shah as Subedar
- Om Puri as Chowkidar Abu Miya
- Deepti Naval as Saraswati
- Suresh Oberoi as Mukhiya
- Benjamin Gilani as Masterji
- Harish Patel as Pandit
- Paresh Rawal as Villager
- Amole Gupte
- Dina Pathak as Maanki, factory worker
- Ratna Pathak Shah as Pepper Factory Worker
- Supriya Pathak as Pepper factory worker
- Mohan Gokhale as Villager
- Deep Dhillon
- Ram Gopal Bajaj as Owner of the Pepper factory
- Neena Kulkarni as Pepper factory worker
- Raj Babbar as Sonbai's Husband (uncredited)
Crew
- Ketan Mehta · Director
- Shafi Hakim · Writer
- Hriday Lani · Writer
- Ketan Mehta · Writer
- Tripurari Sharma · Writer
- Nfdc India · Producer
- Rajat Dholakia · Composer
- Jehangir Choudhary · Cinematographer
- Sanjiv Shah · Editor