
The Role
The film follows the life of a successful film star, revealing her increasing alienation in a role both glamorized and patronized by society. After being forced into show business by her family, she spends her time between studios and disastrous love affairs, and feels more and more dissatisfied.
The Role
November 11, 1977
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Cast (27)

Smita Patil
Usha

Anant Nag
Rajan

Naseeruddin Shah
Sunil Verma

Amrish Puri
Vinayak Kale

Amol Palekar
Keshav Dalvi

Sulabha Deshpande
Shanta

Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Harilal

Baby Rukshana
Young Usha

B.V. Karanth
Usha's Father

Dina Pathak
Mrs. Kale

Mohan Agashe
Siddharth

Kusum Deshpande
Shanta's mother

Rekha Sabnis
Mrs. Yashwant Kale

Baby Bitto
Young Sushma

Savha Bajaj
N/A

Sunila Pradhan
N/A

Master Abhitab
Dinu

H. Lani
N/A

Kiran Vairale
Sushma Dalvi

G.M. Durrani
Music Teacher

Abhishek
N/A

Om Puri
N/A

Swadesh Pal
N/A

Sudarshan Dhir
Dance Director

Vijay Padukone
N/A

Santosh Shah
N/A

Benjamin Gilani
N/A
Crew (48)
Directing

Manohar B. Ghanekar
Assistant Director

Prahlad Kakar
Assistant Director

Nira Benegal
Continuity

Swadesh Pal
Assistant Director

Shyam Benegal
Director

Dayal Nihalani
Assistant Director
Writing

Girish Karnad
Screenplay

Satyadev Dubey
Dialogue

Satyadev Dubey
Screenplay

Hansa Wadkar
Novel

Hansa Wadkar
Original Film Writer

Vasant Dev
Lyricist

Majrooh Sultanpuri
Lyricist

Shyam Benegal
Screenplay
Production

Fali M. Variava
Finance

Freni M. Variava
Producer

Ravi Uppoor
Production Assistant

N. J. Kenny
Production Assistant

Ishwarlal G. Sharma
Production Manager

Deepak Prashar
Location Assistant

Santosh Sah
Location Assistant

Lalit M. Bijlani
Producer
Sound

Vanraj Bhatia
Music

Mohamed Husein Kalsikar
Sound Assistant

Chandru Atma
Playback Singer

Kumari Meena
Playback Singer

Bhupendra Singh
Playback Singer

Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Preeti Sagar
Playback Singer

Hitendra Ghosh
Sound

Firoz Dasturi
Playback Singer

Uttara Kelkar
Playback Singer

Saraswati Rane
Playback Singer

B.N. Tiwari
Sound
Art

Shama Zaidi
Art Direction
Camera
Costume & Make-Up
Crew

Devi Dutt
Production Controller

Sudarshan Dheer
Choreographer

Kamat Ghanekar
Technical Advisor

Govind Nihalani
Cinematography