Mandi (1983 film)

Mandi
Movie poster for Mandi
Directed by	Shyam Benegal
Screenplay by	Satyadev Dubey Shama Zaidi Shyam Benegal
Story by	Ghulam Abbas
Based on	Aanandi by Ghulam Abbas
Starring	Shabana Azmi Smita Patil Nina Gupta Ila Arun Naseeruddin Shah Kulbhushan Kharbanda Amrish Puri
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta
Music by	Vanraj Bhatia
Distributed by	Blaze Entertainment
Release date	1983 (1983) (India)
Running time	167 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mandi (English: Market Place) is a 1983 Hindi-language film directed by Shyam Benegal. Based on a classic Urdu short story Aanandi by writer Ghulam Abbas, the film narrates the story of a brothel, situated in the heart of a city, an area that some politicians want for its prime locality.^[1] The film is a satirical comedy on politics and prostitution, and stars Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah among others.

The film won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Nitish Roy.^[2] It was selected at Indian Panorama at Filmostav, Bombay 1984, and was invited to the Los Angeles Exposition (FILMEX), the Hong Kong International Film Festival 1984, and London Film Festival 1983.^[3]

Mandi is the Hindi Film with the highest number of Filmfare Award winners (12) in the cast (Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Neena Gupta, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Saeed Jaffrey, Annu Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Pankaj Kapur, Amrish Puri, Ila Arun and K. K. Raina). Additionally the film includes (4) Filmfare nominees in the cast (Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Anita Kanwar, Ratna Pathak Shah and Soni Razdan).