Mr. and Mrs. Iyer and its bag full of awards

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer is an Indian drama film which was released in 2002. This movie was written and directed by Aparna Sen. N. Venkatesan was the producer of this movie. The movie had Rahul Bose and Konkana Sen in the lead roles. Basically the movie throws a light on our national integration and at the same time it also portrays the tension and stress during riots.

Konkona Sen Sharma has played the role as Meenakshi Iyer, a Tamil Iyer Brahmin who is a Hindu and married. On the other hand, Rahul Bose portrays the character of Raja Chowdhury, a Muslim wildlife photographer. You may have a look at the Awards and Achievements of the movie which are given below :

* Mr. and Mrs. Iyer was premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland

* Konkana Sen won the National Award for Best Actress in 2003 for Mr. and Mrs Iyer.

* Konkana Sen also won the Silver Lotus Award of Best Actress for Mr. and Mrs Iyer.

* During the 50th National Film Awards, Aparna Sen got the award of Best direction for 'Mr and Mrs Iyer'.

* Mr. and Mrs Iyer won the Golden Maile award at the Hawaii International Film Festival.

* The movie also won Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration in India during the 50th National Film Awards.

The movie also got a good response among the Indian audience. It was met with critical acclaim on its release and won several other national and international awards.The movie had the mixture of three languages as Hindi, English and Tamil.