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KAMA SUTRA
| | DIRECTOR | Mira Nair | | YEAR | 1996 | | STATUS | completed | | SYNOPSIS | Set in 16th Century India KAMA SUTRA is the tale of two girls, Maya and Tara, one a lowly servant, the other a noble princess, both raised together as children. But whilst Tara is raised as a Princess Maya, as her servant, is forever reminded of her subordinate position. It is though her striking beauty and her skills of seduction learnt through the Kama Sutra, the Indian book of love, that Maya exacts her revenge on Tara by seducing her husband on her wedding day thus beginning a destructive struggle for power where revenge is the goal, but tragedy the outcome. | | LENGTH | 114 min. | | FORMAT | colour, 35mm, 1:1.85, Dolby A | | CAST | Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Ramon Tikaram, Indira Varma, Rekha | | SHOOTING LOCATION | India | | ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | Hindi, English | | CO PRODUCTION WITH | NDF International/Pony Canyon, Pandora Film in association with Channel Four Films present a Mirabai Films production | | SUPPORTED BY | Filmstiftung NRW | | WORLD SALES | Focus Features (New York) | | FESTIVALS AWARDS | --- | | GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Pandora Film / Kinowelt | | SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | yes | | DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | yes | | LINKS | thekamasutra.com/
| | PRODUCERS | Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mira Nair | | WRITERS | Mira Nair, Helena Kriel | | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Declan Quinn | | EDITING | Kristina Boden | | CASTING | Uma Da Cunha, Susie Figgis, Tula Goenka, Dinaz Stafford
| | PRODUCTION | S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer (production manager) | | SOUND | --- | | ART DIRECTION | Mark Friedberg | | COSTUMES | Eduardo Castro | | MAKE UP HAIR | --- | | MUSIC | Mychael Danna | | BACK |
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