Tales of The Kama Sutra 2 : Monsoon | |
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Directed by | Jag Mundhra |
Written by | Jag Mundhra Greg Heffernan |
Produced by | Jag Mundhra Kalpana Saxena |
Starring | Richard Tyson Jenny McShane Helen Brodie Gulshan Grover Doug Jeffery Matt McCoy |
Cinematography | Blain Brown |
Edited by | Paul James Tierney |
Distributed by | Optima Entertainment |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Countries | United States India |
Language | English |
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]
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]
The film was made on a low budget and was shot in Goa. [6] [7]
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