Split Wide Open

Split Wide Open
Promotional poster for Split Wide Open
Directed byDev Benegal
Written byFarrukh Dhondy (screenplay)
Dev Benegal (story)
Upamanyu Chatterjee (story)
Sudhir Mishra (Hindi dialogues)
Shozo Ichiyama (Japanese dialogues)
Produced byAnuradha Parikh
StarringRahul Bose
Laila Rouass
Ayesha Dharkar
Shivaji Satham
CinematographySukumar Jatania
Edited byRenu Saluja
Music byNitin Sawhney
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
Running time
107 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish

Split Wide Open is a 1999 Indian film directed by Dev Benegal. It is his second feature film after English, August (1994). The film primarily deals with the Water conflicts in the slums of Bombay, and paedophilia, and also looks at the subversive sexuality in modern India and how the notions of morality are challenged when sex and poverty collide. The film came under harsh criticism when released in India and has been one of the most controversial Indian films.

Cast and characters

Awards and recognition

Soundtrack

Split Wide Open
Soundtrack album by
Nitin Sawhney
Released21 August 1999
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length54:48
LabelBMG Crescendo

The original soundtrack of the film consists of 17 total songs with 9 soundtrack songs and 5 instrumental tracks composed by Nitin Sawhney.[2]

Split Wide Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."You are the reason"Air Supply, Mehnaz Hoosein 
2."Jaane Na Koi"Asha Bhosle 
3."Kurti Da Touch"Silk Route 
4."The trick is to keep breathing "Garbage 
5."Trapped"Indus Creed 
6."Dooba Dooba"Silk Route 
7."Duniya"Raageshwari 
8."Mera Jee Nahin Lage"Najam Sheraz 
9."Dil Se Mera Hai"Drosnadresd 
10."Black is black"Anaida 
11."Would you like to" (Go to bed with me)Touch and Go 
12."Welcome to Bombay"Nitin Sawhney 
13."Aaj Aaj Eri Sari Oe"917 Fridanasd 
14."Yo KP!"Nitin Sawhney 
15."For Didi"Nitin Sawhney 
16."Television Sting"Nitin Sawhney 
17."A Golden Tap" (End Title)Nitin Sawhney 

The film also credits Massive Attack, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd, Krome Assassins, Touch and Go, Purvi Parikh, the Dagar Brothers and Kishori Amonkar for their music used in the production of the film.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Split Wide Open (1999)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. ^ http://www.tropicfilm.com/ Archived 1 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine Split Wide Open audio-video goodies page

Poster Art & Design and Title Images by Artist Jaideep Mehrotra