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Mountains of the Moon

Mountains of the Moon

20135.62h 29m

Overview

Chander Pahar follows Shankar Choudhury, a 20 year-old that takes a job working for the Uganda Railway, and winds up quitting his job in search of diamonds and the Kenya's Mountain of the Moon. Based on the popular Bengali adventure novel of the same name.

Directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee
Written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Kamaleswar Mukherjee, Srijato Bandopadhyay
Box OfficeBudget: $2.3MRevenue: $3.1M

Top Cast

Dev

Dev

Shankar Roy Chowdhury

Gérard Rudolf

Gérard Rudolf

M

Martin Cito Otto

Jim Carter

David James

David James

Albuquerque

P

Peter Moruakgomo

Luthuli Dlamini

Luthuli Dlamini

Paul Ditchfield

Paul Ditchfield

Jacobus Marius

Matthew Monika

Matthew Monika

K

Keith Gangadoo

A

Andrew Stock

Themes & Keywords

expeditionvolcanodiamond mineadventurer

About Mountains of the Moon

Mountains of the Moon is a adventure, mystery film released in 2013 exploring themes of expedition, volcano, diamond mine, adventurer. Directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee, it stars Dev, Gérard Rudolf, Martin Cito Otto. Chander Pahar follows Shankar Choudhury, a 20 year-old that takes a job working for the Uganda Railway, and winds up quitting his job in search of diamonds and the Kenya's Mountain of the Moon. Based on the popular Bengali adventure novel of the same name.

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