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Plot

A landmark work of Indian feminism, Spices was made by famed filmmaker Ketan Mehta, featuring Smita Patel in the leading role. Patel, possibly the greatest actress of her generation, plays a woman who faces the oppressive realities of life as a woman in India. Spurning the advance of a corrupt tax collector, the heroine is forced to take refuge in a pepper factory. Spices is a Hindi film with English subtitles.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
128min.
Theatrical Release Date:
10/08/2007
Director(s):
Ketan Mehta
Starring:
Naseeruddin Shah , Smita Patil , Suresh Oberoi , Deepti Naval , Om Puri
Keywords:
Equal-Rights,God,against-all-odds,coming-of-age,oppression,poverty,prejudice,refuge,resistance,revenge,seduction,sexual-harassment,struggle,tax-collector,women's-issues
Language:
Hindi