Cotton Mary is a 1999 film directed by Ismail Merchant

Ismail Merchant

Ismail Merchant was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala...

, best known as the producer half of Merchant Ivory and Madhur Jaffrey

Madhur Jaffrey

Madhur Jaffrey is an Indian actress and food writer who introduced the Western world to the many cuisines of India.- Personal life :...

, actress and author of cookery books. It was filmed in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Plot

This film follows the story of a British

British people

The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...

 woman living in India (Scacchi). She struggles during her birth and is in desperate need of a nanny. An Indian nurse known as Cotton Mary jumps to the opportunity. She seems kind at first, but her true nature gradually reveals itself as she manipulates everyone around her to get what she wants.

Cast

• Greta Scacchi
  Greta Scacchi
  Greta Scacchi is an Italian-Australian actor.-Early life:Scacchi was born Greta Gracco in Milan, Italy, on 18 February 1960, the daughter of Luca Scacchi Gracco, an Italian art dealer and painter, and Pamela Carsaniga, an English dancer and antiques dealer...
  
   - Lily MacIntosh
• Madhur Jaffrey
  Madhur Jaffrey
  Madhur Jaffrey is an Indian actress and food writer who introduced the Western world to the many cuisines of India.- Personal life :...
  
   - Cotton Mary
• James Wilby
  James Wilby
  James Jonathon Wilby is an English film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father...
  
   - John MacIntosh
• Sarah Badel
  Sarah Badel
  Sarah Badel is a British stage and film actress. She is the daughter of actors Alan Badel and Yvonne Owen.-Theatrical career:...
  
   - Mrs Evans
• Riju Bajaj - Mugs
• Gerson da Cunha
  Gerson da Cunha
  Gerson da Cunha is an Indian stage and film actor, social worker, and author. Former advertising man, he has acted in numerous plays and movies such as Electric Moon , Cotton Mary , Asoka , Water , among others.-Career:...
  
   - Doctor Correa
• Joanna David
  Joanna David
  Joanna David is a British actress, best known for her television work.She was born in Lancaster, England. Her first major television role was as Elinor Dashwood in the BBC's 1971 dramatisation of Sense and Sensibility followed a year later in War and Peace, in which she played Sonya...
  
   - Mrs Smythe
• Neena Gupta
  Neena Gupta
  Neena Gupta is an Indian film and television actress and director-producer. She won the 1994 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Woh Chokri. She is a popular actress in Indian commercial cinema, but it is her work with art filmmakers of India, like Shyam Benegal that got her...
  
   - Blossom (Mary's sister)
• Sakina Jaffrey
  Sakina Jaffrey
  Sakina Jaffrey is an Indian American actress.Jaffrey was born in Manhattan, New York, the youngest daughter of Madhur Jaffrey and Saeed Jaffrey. She graduated from Vassar College in 1984. Jaffrey appeared with her father in the film Masala and with her mother in The Perfect Murder...
  
   - Rosie
• Gemma Jones
  Gemma Jones
  Gemma Jones is an English character actress on both stage and screen.-Early life:Jones was born in London, England, the daughter of Irene and Griffith Jones, an actor. Her brother, Nicholas Jones, is also an actor...
  
   - Mrs Freda Davids
• Firdausi Jussawalla - Mr. Panamal
• Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal - Matron
• Nadira
  Nadira
  -People:* Nadira of the Khanate of Kokand* Nadira , an Indian actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her roles as a temptress* Nadira Babbar, an Indian actress and producer of the present day-In fiction:...
  
   - Mattie
• Prayag Raaj - Abraham
• Captain Raju
  Captain Raju
  Captain Raju is a Malayalam film actor. He was born at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala.After finishing his graduation in Zoology, Raju joined the Indian Army as a first class officer at the age of 21. He started acting in films after leaving the army service. He has acted in more than...
  
   - Inspector Ramiji Raj
• Shobha Vijay - Ayah 2
• Virendra Saxena
  Virendra Saxena
  Virendra Saxena is an Indian theater, film and television actor. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Saxena is known for his character roles as well as his unique voice. He has acted in films such as Shool, Dhoop, Aks as well as many television serials...
  
   - Joseph
• Surekha Sikri
  Surekha Sikri
  Surekha Sikri or Surekha Sikri Rege is Indian film, theatre and TV actor. She has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress twice, for her role in Tamas in 1988 and for Mammo in 1995.-Early life and background:...
  
   - Gwen
• Laura Lumley - Theresa MacIntosh
• Matteo Piero Mantegazza - Baba
• Olivia Caesar - Baba
• Cuckoo Parameswaran - Nurse 1
• Beena Manoj - Nurse 2
• Maggie Arthasery - Nurse 3
• Arshia Rafique - Mira
• Vinnie D'Souza - Guitar player
• Chinappa - Tea Worker
• Ashok Koshy - Tea Worker
• Shirly Somasundaram - Ayah 1
• Jaya George - Ayah 3
• Philip Tabor - Henry Campbell-Jones
• Luke Jones
  Luke Jones
  Luke Jones is an English footballer who plays for Kidderminster Harriers. He plays in the position of central defence but can also operate at right back...
  
   - Charlie
• Susan Malick - Bunny Rogers
• Hamza - Fisherman
• Poornima Mohan - Receptionist
• Caroline Charlety - Stylist
• Ranjani Haridas - Stylist
• Gayatri Krishnan - Stylist
• Txuku Iriarte Solana - Sylvie D'Costa

External links

• Cotton Mary