
Sandstorm
A rural Indian woman joins a government campaign against social injustice. Her activism sparks violent retaliation from village elders, forcing her to navigate a corrupt legal system.
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Released
- 2000
- Country
- India
Details
Release year: 2000
Storyline
A rural Indian woman joins a government campaign against social injustice. Her activism sparks violent retaliation from village elders, forcing her to navigate a corrupt legal system.
Top credits
Nandita Das — Saanvri
Raghubir Yadav — Sohan (Saanvri's husband)
Deepti Naval — Shobha Devi
Rahul Khanna — Ravi
Did you know
• Rahul Khanna was upset with something during the making of the film. Possibly the length of his role. He refused to speak about the film in later interviews.
• The film was due to a theatrical release in Canada . For unknown reasons it did not happen.
• Nandita Das stated "I did not like Monsoon and told Jagmundra I did not want to do his film. I only said yes when he told me about the research he did, the money he had to pay to bring the ghastly facts to light.. He told me it was not Jag Mundra making the film, but Jagmohan Mundra of Kamla making the film.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $3,779
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $3,779 (2003-08-10)
User reviews
Great movie, a little mind numbing.
Window Into a Completely Different Culture!
A good Movie with excellent performances
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color

















