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It Was Raining That Night is a film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar with Riaz
It Was Raining That Night (2005)
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Add to a movie listIt Was Raining That Night is a Hollywood-Bollywood film simultaneously made in English and Bengali. Written and directed by Indian actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar, it is a relationship drama. The film was notable for being a joint venture production of India and USA. Stars Riaz, Riya Sen, Sushmita Sen, Victor Banerjee, Mahesh Manjrekar, Moon Moon Sen, Atit Shah, Dawn Moeller, Stefanie Siegel.
Actors
Riaz
(Vijay Kumar Dixit / Zaffar Khan)
Riya Sen
(Savitri Banerje)
Sushmita Sen
(Ayesha Rao)
Victor Banerjee
(Jai Banerjee)
Mahesh Manjrekar
(Brij Bhushan)
Moon Moon Sen
(Jaya Dixit)
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