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
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
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
The film was dubbed into Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and as Brahmachari.[7][8]
See also
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
- Tales of The Kama Sutra 2: Monsoon
- Kamasutra 3D
- Kamasutra Nights: Maya
References
- ^ "Tales of Kama Sutra". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Sultan of sex: Remembering Jagmohan Mundhra". Firstpost. 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Perfumed Garden: Tales of the Kama Sutra". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rashtriya Sahara. Sahara India Mass Communication. 2000.
- ^ Craddock, Jim (2004). VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever. Thomson/Gale. ISBN 978-0-7876-7470-0.
- ^ Mathai, Kamini (25 April 2023). "Chronicler of Madras: Randor Guy passes away". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "The GUY called RANDOR". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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