Tales of The Kama Sutra 2: Monsoon

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Tales of The Kama Sutra 2 : Monsoon
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Directed by Jag Mundhra
Written byJag Mundhra
Greg Heffernan
Produced byJag Mundhra
Kalpana Saxena
Starring Richard Tyson
Jenny McShane
Helen Brodie
Gulshan Grover
Doug Jeffery
Matt McCoy
CinematographyBlain Brown
Edited byPaul James Tierney
Distributed byOptima Entertainment
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesUnited States
India
LanguageEnglish

Tales of The Kama Sutra 2: Monsoon is a 2001 American-Indian [1] dramatic thriller film directed by Jag Mundhra, with an original soundtrack by Alan DerMarderosian. The film takes its title from the ancient Indian text the Kama Sutra . [2] [3]

Contents

The film is also referred to as simply Monsoon. [4] It is one of the films by the director that have been labelled as "softcore" productions, despite the director's claim that those who called his films this way had never seen them. [5]

Production

The film was made on a low budget and was shot in Goa. [6] [7]

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