English, August (1994)

1h 58m
Running Time

September 16, 1994
Release Date

English, August (1994)

1h 58m
Running Time

September 16, 1994
Release Date

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Plot.

Agasyta, an urban bengali who seamlessly shuttles between Ella Fitzgerald and Rabindra Sangeet, joins the Indian administration service and gets posted in the lap of India's hinterland - a dingy little town called Madna.

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Release Date
September 16, 1994

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 58m

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Wiki.

English, August is a 1994 Indian English-language film and director Dev Benegal's first feature film. A humorous and irreverent study of bureaucracy and the Indian Generation X, English, August won several awards at international film festivals.

English, August became the first Indian independent film to break the stranglehold of mainstream Indian Bollywood cinema when it was acquired by 20th Century Fox and became a theatrical success in the country. This has led the way for other low budget, independent movies such as Bombay Boys and Split Wide Open, which are part of the next generation of "middle cinema".The film is based on the novel of the same name by Upamanyu Chatterjee.The negatives of the film were spoiled due to flooding at a storage facility of Prasad Studios. There was an unsuccessful attempt at restoration, following which the film was declared a lost film.

In February 2020, a copy of the film was found in the National Film Archives of India. Since the film reel is a 35 mm print, the restoration process has begun. However, restoration was brought to a halt in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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