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In a small Indian village, Lila is learning to dance from her mother, Devadasi, a Bharatanatyam dancer. She falls in love with low class Shyam, who dreams of becoming a sculptor.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You want fast pacing
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 69GoodWatch 77
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 36 min
Shorter than most dramas, −13 min on the typical 109
typical 10996Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 2 countries
Released
2014
June 5, 2014
12 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Bhutan
France
Hong Kong SAR China
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
United States
and 1 moreDirecting · 2
- Khyentse Norbu Director, Writer
- Pawo Choyning Dorji Assistant Director, Still Photographer
Writing · 1
- Sunil Gangopadhyay Novel
Production · 6
- Jeremy Thomas Executive Producer
- David Urrutia Executive Producer
- Elizabeth Cuthrell Executive Producer
- Suresh Jindal Executive Producer
- Dilip Shankar Casting
- Uma Da Cunha Casting
Camera · 1
- Bradford Young Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- William Chang Suk-Ping Editor
- John Scott Editor
- Lisa-Anne Morris Editor
Sound · 6
- Nitin Sawhney Original Music Composer
- Tu Duu-chih Sound
- Kuo Li-chi Foley
- Wu Shu-yao Foley, Sound Editor
- Agnes Liu Sound Editor, Foley
- Giles Khan Sound Mixer
Art · 1
- Aradhana Seth Production Design
Other crew · 2
- Teddy Vidyalankara Stunt Coordinator
- Ryan Heffington Choreographer
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