117 minutes
7/19/2002
A bus is setting out to Calcutta from a village in West Bengal. Meenakshi Iyer, who is from a strict orthodox Hindu background, is leaving to Chennai for her husband, with her young child, after the vacation with her parents. By chance, she gets a co-passenger who is also to Chennai, Rajah, a photographer, introduced by one of the friends of her father. During the journey they build a good relationship. But a Hindu-Muslim communal riot sets out in the meantime, in some areas they had to travel. Then she comes to face the fact that Rajah is not a Hindu but a Muslim whose real name is Jehangir. Even though she curses herself at that time while some Hindu fanatics evade their bus she saves him introducing as Mr. Iyer. But they have to reach their destination while the other passengers know Rajah as no one else but Mr. Iyer.
Konkona Sen Sharma
as Meenakshi S. Iyer
Rahul Bose
as Jehangir "Raja" Chowdhury
Bhisham Sahni
as Iqbal Ahmed Khan
Surekha Sikri
as Najma Ahmed Khan
Bharat Kaul
as Rajesh Arora
A.V. Iyenger
as Meenakshi's Father
Vijaya Subramanium
as Meenakshi's Mother
Sunil Mukherjee
as Bungalow caretaker
Anjan Dutt
as Cohen
Rajatabha Dutta
as Card player #1
Bidipta Chakraborty
as Mrs. Dube
Chandan Sen
as Hindu fanatic
Rwita Datta Chakraborty
as Disabled boy's mother
Masood Akhtar
as Passenger
Rabi Ranjan Moitra
as Dr. Chatterjee
Kartik Chintamani
as Mani Iyer