India Synopsis
“Emotions Under Curfew”
A bus is setting out to Calcutta from a village in West Bengal. Meenakshi Iyer, who is from a strict orthodox Hindu background, is leaving to Chennai for her husband, with her young child, after the vacation with her parents. By chance, she gets a co-passenger who is also to Chennai, Rajah, a photographer, introduced by one of the friends of her father. During the journey they build a good relationship. But a Hindu-Muslim communal riot sets out in the meantime, in some areas they had to travel. Then she comes to face the fact that Rajah is not a Hindu but a Muslim whose real name is Jehangir. Even though she curses herself at that time while some Hindu fanatics evade their bus she saves him introducing as Mr. Iyer. But they have to reach their destination while the other passengers know Rajah as no one else but Mr. Iyer.
The 2001–2003 India Window
109 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Mr. and Mrs. Iyer sits at position #32.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mr. and Mrs. Iyer premiered. 454 total titles in this decade from India.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #736 of 1,983 India films indexed here (63rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #499 of 1,132 (top 44%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | Bengali, English, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu |
| Production Companies | Triplecom Media Production |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | July 19, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0329393 |