KAMA SUTRA
SYNOPSIS
Set in 16th Century India KAMA SUTRA is the tale of two girls, Maya and Tara, one a lowly servant, the other a noble princess, both raised together as children. But whilst Tara is raised as a Princess Maya, as her servant, is forever reminded of her subordinate position. It is though her striking beauty and her skills of seduction learnt through the Kama Sutra, the Indian book of love, that Maya exacts her revenge on Tara by seducing her husband on her wedding day thus beginning a destructive struggle for power where revenge is the goal, but tragedy the outcome.
| DIRECTOR | Mira Nair |
| YEAR | 1996 |
| STATUS | completed |
| CAST | Naveen Andrews Sarita Choudhury Ramon Tikaram Indira Varma Rekha |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | NDF International/Pony Canyon Pandora Film in association with Channel Four Films present a Mirabai Films production |
| SUPPORTED BY | Filmstiftung NRW |
| WORLD SALES | Focus Features (New York) |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Pandora Film / Kinowelt |
| LENGTH | 114 min. |
| FORMAT | colour 35mm 1:1.85 Dolby A |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | India |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | Hindi, English |
| PRODUCERS | Lydia Dean Pilcher Mira Nair |
| WRITERS | Mira Nair Helena Kriel |
| CASTING | Uma Da Cunha, Susie Figgis, Tula Goenka, Dinaz Stafford |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Declan Quinn |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer (production manager) |
| EDITING | Kristina Boden |
| MUSIC | Mychael Danna |
| SOUND | |
| ART DIRECTION | Mark Friedberg |
| COSTUMES | Eduardo Castro |
| MAKE UP HAIR | |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | yes |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | yes |
| LINKS | thekamasutra.com/ |
