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Movie Info

Swarnalata (Shabana Azmi), a successful singer, survived the death of her young son, but just barely. After the boy is killed in a car crash, Swarnalata becomes a recluse and gives up on music. Years later when Abhinay (Prakash Rao), her son's old friend who now dreams of becoming a musician, shows up at her door with his girlfriend (Perizaad Zorabian) in tow, Swarnalata is compelled to help the young couple. As she gets to know the teenagers, some of her old wounds begin to heal.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Hindi
Director:

Mahesh Dattani
Producer:

K. Raghavendra Rao
Writer:

Mahesh Dattani
Runtime:

1h 33m
Production Co:

20th Century Fox

Cast & Crew

Shabana Azmi
Swarnlatha

Prakash Rao
Abhinay

Perizaad Zorabian
Pinkie

Lillete Dubey
Mrs. Kapoor

Shaleen Sharma
Balaji

Vivek Mashru
Munna

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Critic Reviews for Morning Raga

All Critics (4) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (2)

Dattani's assembled an impressive cast and crew.

March 18, 2005 | Full Review…

Jay Weissberg
Variety
Resolves its conflicts along familiar, Hollywood-friendly lines.

March 18, 2005 | Rating: 2/4

V.A. Musetto
New York Post
Although it is from India, it has few of the usual Bollywood musical excesses.

March 17, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Anita Gates
New York Times
An awkwardly told tale of music's power to heal old wounds.

March 18, 2005 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide