Split Wide Open

Name: Split Wide Open
Director: Dev Benegal
Released: 1999-01-01

1999 film by Dev Benegal

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Released: 1999
Director: Dev Benegal
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Screenwriter: Farrukh Dhondy
Cast: Rahul Bose
, Laila Rouass
, Ayesha Dharker
, Shivaji Satam
Runtime: 107 min
Country of origin: India
Original language: Hindi
Production company: Reliance Entertainment

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Split Wide Open is a 1999 Indian film directed by Dev Benegal. It is his second feature film after English, August (1994). The film primarily deals with the water conflicts in the slums of Bombay, and paedophilia, and also looks at the subversive sexuality in modern India and how the notions of morality are challenged when sex and poverty collide. The film came under harsh criticism when released in India and has been one of the most controversial Indian films.

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