Split Wide Open

Split Wide Open

Infobox Film
name = Split Wide Open


image_size =
caption = Promotional poster for "Split Wide Open"
director = Dev Benegal
producer = Anuradha Parikh
writer = Farrukh Dhondy (screenplay) Dev Benegal (story) Upamanyu Chatterjee (story) Sudhir Mishra (Hindi dialogues) Shozo Ichiyama (Japanese dialogues)
starring = Rahul Bose Laila Rouass Ayesha Dharkar Shivaji Satham
music = Nitin Sawhney
cinematography = Sukumar Jatania
editing = Renu Saluja
distributor = 20th Century Fox
released = Flagicon|Italy 1 Sep, 1999 (official selection at Venice) Flagicon|Japan 4 Nov, 1999 Flagicon|Singapore Apr 8, 1999 Flagicon|India March 2000
runtime = 107 minutes
country = Flagicon|India India
language = Hindi, English
budget =
amg_id = 1:181860
imdb_id = 0215196

"Split Wide Open", a 1999 Indian film is Dev Benegal‘s second feature film after "English, August". The film primarily deals with the water wars in the slums of Bombay, and paedophilia, and also looks at the subversive sexuality in modern India and how the notions of morality are challenged when sex and poverty collide. The film came under harsh criticism when released in India and has been one of the most controversial Indian films. The Official Selection at the Venice International Film Festival, the film also won rave reviews and several awards at international film festivals.

Distributed by 20th Century Fox in a major nationwide release across India the film has become the top three highest grossing art house films in India.

Tagline: "16 Million People, 16 Million Stories, 16 Million Secret Lives. Which one of it is yours?"

Cast and characters

* Rahul Bose as KP (Kut-Price)
* Laila Rouass as Nandita
* Shivaji Satham as Shiv
* Farida Haider Mulla as Didi
* Kiran Nagarkar as Brother Bono
* Rajika Puri as Auntie
* Ayesha Dharkar as Leela
* Virendra Saxena as Altaf

Awards and recognition

* The official selection at the 1999 Venice Film Festival.
* Awarded a Special Jury Award to the film and the Best Actor award (Rahul Bose) at the 2000 Singapore International Film Festival.
* Won the Grand Prix at the 2000 Belgium International Film Festival.
* Nominated for the Grand Prix at the 2000 Bratislava International Film Festival.

oundtrack

The original soundtrack of the film consists of 5 instrumental tracks composed by Nitin Sawhney. [http://www.tropicfilm.com/ Split Wide Open audio-video goodies page]
* "Welcome to Bombay" – 5:15
* "Yo KP!" (Trailer Theme) – 2:16
* "For Didi" – 1:39
* "Television Sting" – 1:15
* "A Golden Tap" (End Titles) – 4:19

The soundtrack also features:
* "You Are The Reason" by Australian soft rock band Air Supply & Indian singer Mehnaaz
* "Dooba Dooba" by Indian band Silk Route

The film also credits Massive Attack, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd, Purvi Parikh, The Dagar Brothers and Kishori Amonkar for their music used in the production of the film.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tropicfilm.com/swo/ Film Overview]
* [http://www.tropicfilm.com/features/swo.html Features]
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* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=181860 NY Times Review]
* [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117914961.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 Review at Variety.com]


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