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6.4The 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.
Released: 1977-11-11136 minDir: Shyam BenegalDrama, Music
Cast
- Smita Patil as Usha
- Anant Nag as Rajan
- Naseeruddin Shah as Sunil Verma
- Amrish Puri as Vinayak Kale
- Amol Palekar as Keshav Dalvi
- Sulabha Deshpande as Shanta
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Main subject
- emancipation
- Director
- Shyam Benegal
- Screenwriter
- Satyadev Dubey
- Cast member
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Composer
- Vanraj Bhatia
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Categories
1970s biographical films1977 films1977 Hindi-language films1977 Indian filmsBiographical films about actorsFilms about women in IndiaFilms based on biographiesFilms directed by Shyam BenegalFilms featuring a Best Actress National Award–winning performanceFilms whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay National Film AwardIndian biographical films