- Release Date: 1995
- Runtime: 124 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri, Rajit Kapoor, Kishore Kadam ... see all
- Director: Shyam Benegal
- Plot: 13 year old Riyaz lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay, India, with his grandmother, Fayyuzi, and her sister, Mehmooda alias Mammo. Quite outspoken and embittered over his dad abandoning him,... Read more
User Reviews
Farida Jalal's best performance
Feb 02, 2006
Ankur Sardana - imdb.com
Feb 02, 2006Ankur Sardana - imdb.com
Though I saw Mammo quite a long time back, many scenes of this brilliant movie are still fresh in my memory. Farida Jala puffing the cigarette, her scenes with the police, her interactions with the old nani...it feels sad that she... Full review
a gentle, culturally rich elegy to growing up
Jan 12, 2006
Kaif Mahmood - imdb.com
Jan 12, 2006Kaif Mahmood - imdb.com
Shyam Benegal and Khalid Mohamed create a tender, beautiful account of a Muslim boy's childhood in post-partition India. On the surface this is the story of a woman like millions others, uprooted by partition - probably the greatest tragedy of our... Full review
Aftermath of Partition and the Simple Truth
May 09, 2005
South_Node - imdb.com
May 09, 2005South_Node - imdb.com
Shyam Benegal does it again.. with slow pace and original lighting - with it, without it, in-spite of it the director cum story writer conquers hearts at will. Without poetic dialog and without any song and dance sequence, Mr. Benegal is... Full review
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