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Tales of The Kama Sutra: The Perfumed Garden

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Tales of The Kama Sutra: The Perfumed Garden
Directed byJag Mundhra
Written byRandor Guy
Screenplay byThomas A. Fucci
Produced byGregory Cascante
Ram Kay
StarringGigi St. Blaque
Amy Lindsay
Rajeshwari Sachdev
Nassar
Kim Dawson
Ivan Baccarat
CinematographyAshok Kumar
Edited byTom Barger
Music byTor Hyams
Distributed byAngles Entertainment
Release date
  • 19 September 2000 (2000-09-19)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tales of The Kama Sutra: The Perfumed Garden is a 2000 Indo-American drama film directed by Jag Mundhra, with original soundtrack by Tor Hyams. The film takes its title from the ancient Indian text the Kama Sutra.[1][2]

The film is also referred to as simply Perfumed Garden or (The) Perfumed Garden: Tales of The Kama Sutra.[3]

The film's art director was P. Krishnamoorthy.[4]

Plot

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An American couple, Michael and Lisa travel to India to restore an erotic sex goddess sculpture in Rajasthan; they are immediately acquainted with the Vatsayana Kama Sutra in a fictional set up of Kamasutra school. The couple are taught the skills of seduction by Abhisarika, a Royal Kamasutra expert.

Themes

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The film was said to be, "like his earlier film Kamla, based on a true love story about woman exploitation in rural India."[5] The film is also described as "(n)ot particularly erotic".[6]

Dubbed versions

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The film was dubbed into Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and as Brahmachari.[7][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tales of Kama Sutra". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Sultan of sex: Remembering Jagmohan Mundhra". Firstpost. 5 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Perfumed Garden: Tales of the Kama Sutra". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. ^ Staff, T. N. M. (14 December 2020). "National Award winning art director P Krishnamoorthy passes away at 77". The News Minute. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  5. ^ Rashtriya Sahara. Sahara India Mass Communication. 2000.
  6. ^ Craddock, Jim (2004). VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever. Thomson/Gale. ISBN 978-0-7876-7470-0.
  7. ^ Mathai, Kamini (25 April 2023). "Chronicler of Madras: Randor Guy passes away". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  8. ^ "The GUY called RANDOR". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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