Split Wide Open
Promotional poster for Split Wide Open
Directed by	Dev Benegal
Produced by	Anuradha Parikh
Written by	Farrukh Dhondy (screenplay) Dev Benegal (story) Upamanyu Chatterjee (story) Sudhir Mishra (Hindi dialogues) Shozo Ichiyama (Japanese dialogues)
Starring	Rahul Bose Laila Rouass Ayesha Dharkar Shivaji Satham
Music by	Nitin Sawhney
Cinematography	Sukumar Jatania
Editing by	Renu Saluja
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	1 September 1999 (Venice) 4 November 1999 (Tokyo) 8 April 2000 (Singapore) 24 March 2000 (wide release)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi, English

Split Wide Open is a 1999 Indian film and is Dev Benegal's second feature film after English, August. The film primarily deals with the water wars 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.

Contents 1 Cast and characters 2 Awards and recognition 3 Soundtrack 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Cast and characters

• Rahul Bose as KP (Kut-Price)
• Laila Rouass as Nandita
• Shivaji Satham as Shiv
• Farida Haider Mulla as Didi
• Kiran Nagarkar as Brother Bono
• Rajika Puri as Auntie
• Ayesha Dharkar as Leela
• Virendra Saxena as Altaf

[edit] Awards and recognition

• The official selection at the 1999 Venice Film Festival.
• Awarded a Special Jury Award to the film and the Best Actor award (Rahul Bose) at the 2000 Singapore International Film Festival.
• Won the Grand Prix at the 2000 Belgium International Film Festival.
• Nominated for the Grand Prix at the 2000 Bratislava International Film Festival.

[edit] Soundtrack

The original soundtrack of the film consists of 5 instrumental tracks composed by Nitin Sawhney.^[1]

• "Welcome to Bombay" – 5:15
• "Yo KP!" (Trailer Theme) – 2:16
• "For Didi" – 1:39
• "Television Sting" – 1:15
• "A Golden Tap" (End Titles) – 4:19

The soundtrack also features:

• "You Are The Reason" by Australian soft rock band Air Supply & Indian singer Mehnaaz
• "Dooba Dooba" by Indian band Silk Route

The film also credits Massive Attack, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd, Purvi Parikh, The Dagar Brothers and Kishori Amonkar for their music used in the production of the film.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Film Overview
• Features
• Split Wide Open at the Internet Movie Database
• Split Wide Open at Allmovie
• NY Times Review
• Review at Variety.com