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Shwetambari (Urmilla Matondkar), the bright young daughter of rich Brahmin parents (Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar) studies science at the local university in Banaras. Soham (Ashmit Patel) a low caste mystic and a protégé of Babaji (Naseeruddin Shah), teaches music at the University. When the two fall in love, hell breaks .. Read more

Starring Urmila Matondkar, Ashmit Patel, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia
Director Pankaj Parashar
Genres Indian Cinema

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Banaras - A Mystic Love Story

Shwetambari (Urmilla Matondkar), the bright young daughter of rich Brahmin parents (Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar) studies science at the local university in Banaras. Soham (Ashmit Patel) a low caste mystic and a protégé of Babaji (Naseeruddin Shah), teaches music at the University. When the two fall in love, hell breaks loose in Banaras. The orthodox and conservatives surface to the fore, threatening to take away everything form the young lovers. When her powerful parents try to ignore the social strictures for the happiness of their daughter, the dark forces and destiny take complete control.

Starring Urmila Matondkar, Ashmit Patel, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Raj Babbar
Director Pankaj Parashar
Studio RAINBOW
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 45 mins
Certificate Certificate TBC
Genres Indian Cinema
Language DVD: Hindi
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 22 Jan 2007
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Balanced, Whole filmaking.

    I very much like this film.

    Some lovely scenery and some superb songs.

    The story is just top aswell. Mystic, but not rammed down your throat, Just an honest unfolding of lives into the divine.

    A lot of films that attempt this, may jump from one to the other, making it hard to follow the transmutation from life into spirituality. This film however is seamless in that respect. You dont come away feeling that the end requires too much of a leap of faith...All the things seems very nicely connected. For me this is why the film is such a winner.

    Good acting too, and some emotional scenes.

    Only gripe is sometimes the subtitles are a little bit fast & also, when the scenes change (or is it when then camera moves after being still for a while?(I forget)), the background goes blurry...but dont panic this is only for like, a split second but hey..maybe I'm fussy.

    Great Film. And dont get me wrong by the above comment, it does look nice, Beautiful at times.

    Highly recommended for the spiritual message it conveys.

    One of my favourite films.

      • A customer from Bedfordshire
      • Posted 11 Mar 2007 02:58

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  • Rated - 1 star

    Slow

    Very slow movie, personally found it boring and slow....

    would not reccomend.

      • A customer from Endland
      • Posted 31 Jul 2007 15:01

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      Shwetambari (Urmilla Matondkar), the bright young daughter of rich Brahmin parents (Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar) studies science at the local university in Banaras. Soham (Ashmit Patel) a low caste mystic and a protégé of Babaji (Naseeruddin Shah), teaches music at the University. When the ...