Mr. and Mrs. Iyer

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer is a 2002 Indian drama film written and directed by Aparna Sen and produced by N. Venkatesan. The film features Aparna Sens daughter Konkona Sen Sharma as Meenakshi Iyer, a Tamil Iyer Brahmin who is a Hindu. Rahul Bose portrays the character of Raja Chowdhury, a Bengali Muslim wildlife photographer. The story revolves around these two lead characters during a fateful bus journey amidst the carnages of a communal strife in India. Zakir Hussain, an Indian tabla maestro, composed the background score and music for the film Goutam Ghose, a film director himself, was the cinematographer.

Meenakshi Iyer Konkona Sen Sharma, with her infant son, Santhanam, embarks on a bus journey to return to her husband, from her parents place. At the bus station, Meenakshi and Raja Chowdhury Rahul Bose get introduced to each other through a common friend. Raja, a wildlife photographer, is requested by Meenakshis parents to look after their daughter and baby grandson during the journey.The passengers of the bus include a boisterous group of youngsters, two Sikh men, an elderly Muslim couple, a young couple high on romance, a mentally challenged boy and his mother, and some cardplaying men. The bus faces a roadblock and the bus driver attempts a detour, but is stopped by traffic jam caused by sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims in nearby areas. ........

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