It Was Raining That Night

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It Was Raining That Night
Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar
Written by Pankaj Parashar
Produced byMahesh Manjrekar
Arvind Goel
Dinesh Mittal
N.D. Nagpal
Elizabeth Shah
Prashant Shah
Sagoon Wagh
Starring Riaz
Riya Sen
Sushmita Sen
Victor Banerjee
CinematographyRam Arora
Edited bySamudra India
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
105 Min.
CountriesIndia
United States
Bangladesh
LanguagesBengali
English
Budget$950,000.00 (Estimated)

It Was Raining That Night is an English-Bengali bilingual film. Written and directed by Indian actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar, it is a relationship drama. The film was notable for being a joint production of India, United States and Bangladesh and stars Riaz, Riya Sen, Sushmita Sen, Victor Banerjee, Mahesh Manjrekar, Moon Moon Sen, Atit Shah, Dawn Moeller and Stefanie Siegel. The film was released after a delay. [1]

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Cast

Box office

It Was Raining That Night film budget was as $950,0000 (estimated).

Reception

The filming of It Was Raining That Night started in 2005 in locations such as India and USA. It is also the first time that Bangladeshi actor Riyaz Ahmed has acted with Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen.

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References

  1. Jha, Subhash K. (27 June 2007). "Act Too!". Bangalore Mirror .