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City of Joy

Year:

1992

Duration:

132 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Roland Joffé

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 1992-04-15

Filming Locations: Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Earnings

Budget: $27,000,000

Opening Weekend: $3,405,890 (USA) (15 April 1992)

Gross: $14,683,921 (USA) Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Patrick Swayze

City of Joy

Om Puri

Hazari Pal

Pauline Collins

Joan Bethel

Shabana Azmi

Kamla H. Pal

Ayesha Dharker

Amrita H. Pal

Santu Chowdhury

Shambu H. Pal

Imran Badsah Khan

Manooj H. Pal

Art Malik

Ashok Ghatak

Nabil Shaban

Anouar

Debatosh Ghosh

Ram Chander

Suneeta Sengupta

Poomina

Mansi Upadhyay

Meeta

Shyamanand Jalan

Ghatak - Godfather

Shyamal Sengupta

Gangooly - Con man

Rudraprasad Sengupta

Chomotkar

Baroon Chakaborty

Said

Masood Akhtar

Rassoul

Loveleen Mishra

Shanta

Pavan Malhotra

Ashish

Anashua Majumdar

Selima (as Anashua Mujumdar)

Dipti Dave

Schoolgirl

Aloke Roychoudhury

Aristotle John

Siv Sankar Banerjee

Goonda

Aloknanda Datta

Schoolgirl's Mother

Chakradhar Jena

Mehboub

Sunil Mukherjee

Hotel Porter

Chetna Jalan

Court Judge

Ravi Jhankal

Obstructing Policeman

Debraj Ray

Binal

Charu Bala Chokshi

Binal's Wife (as Charubala Chokshi)

Durba Datta

Margareta

Tamal Ray Chowdhury

Surya (as Tamal Roychowdhury)

Sanjay Pathak

Shoba

Anjan Dutt

Dr. Sunil

Debasish Banerjee

Dr. Sunil's Assistant

Swatilekha Sengupta

Hotel Manageress

Sami Ahmad

Bartender

Chhotu Bhai

Thug

Rana Mitra

Thug

Siddharth Roy

Thug

Monu Mukherjee

Waiter at Hamburger Bar

John Nair

Selima's Son

Subrata Sensharma

Minister at Railway Station

Sujan Mukherjee

Subash

Satya Banerjee

Subash's Father

Paresh Ghosh

Subash's Uncle

Saran Chatterjee

Subash's Uncle

Gouri Sankar Panda

Subash's Uncle

Sudip Banerjee

Subash's Uncle

Kajal Chaudhury

Hasari's Mother

Iftekhar

Hasari's Father

Chitra Sen

Angry Woman

Keira Jane Malik

Young Patient (Houston)

Sam Wanamaker

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

At 1:51 the poster at the wall is "Theodore Gericault Raft of the Medusa"

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Indian writer 'Sunil Gandopadhyay' - a former collaborator of Satyajit Ray - was brought on board to help with the script's authenticity. This also acted as a seal of approval for the Indian authorities who will only allow foreign productions to film on the continent if they contain significant Indian input.

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Among the problems that beset the production were fire-bombings, mass demonstrations, media criticism, accusations of murder, a skyrocketing budget that eventually settled at the $27 million mark, and Warner Brothers' 11th hour pullout that nearly bankrupted the producers.

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Quotes

Hasari Pal: The gods have not made it easy to be a human being.

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Hasari Pal: Godfather has more eyes than a pineapple!

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Hasari Pal: If the journey is not what you expected, do not be surprised.

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