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UMBARTHA (1982)

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Film details

Featuring

Smita Patil Girish Karnad Shrikant Moghe
Country

India
Year

1982
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

DAWN Alternative
SUBAH Alternative
THRESHOLD Alternative

Synopsis

Drama centred around the exploitation of women and one woman fights for their rights. Sulabha is upset when her husband, a lawyer, is willing to shield his client who is guilty of rape and turn the case round by blackening the name of his victim. She decides to work for a women's refuge and experiences more corruption and explotiation of women. Finding it difficult to carry on, she resigns and returns home to find that her husband has taken on a mistress. Sulabha leaves, determined to make a life for herself. Based on an autobiog- raphical work by Shanta Nisal.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Smita Patil
  - cast member
    
    Girish Karnad
  - cast member
    
    Shrikant Moghe
  - cast member
    
    Ashalata
  - cast member
    
    Kusum Kulkarni
  - cast member
    
    Purnima Ganu
  - cast member
    
    Daya Dongre
  - cast member
    
    Shriram Ranade
  - cast member
    
    Satish Alekar
  - cast member
    
    Subhash Godbole
  - cast member
    
    Manorama Wagle
  - cast member
    
    Chanchal Suryavanshi
  - cast member
    
    Aruna Vigar Dive
  - cast member
    
    Nandini Chavre
  - cast member
    
    Swarupa Khopkar
  - cast member
    
    Rani Sabnis
  - cast member
    
    Sandhya Kale
  - cast member
    
    Sushma Deshpande
  - cast member
    
    Manik Bhandare
  - cast member
    
    Jaimala Kale
  - cast member
    
    Sushila Vansale
  - cast member
    
    Surekha Divekar
  - cast member
    
    Sujal Vatve
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Jabbar Patel
  - Production Company
    
    Satya Chitra International
  - Production Company
    
    Sujatha Chitra
  - Screenplay/Dialogue
    
    Vijay Tendulkar
  - Based on the Novel "Beghar" by
    
    Shanta Nisal
  - Camera
    
    Rajan Kinagi
  - Editor
    
    N.S. Vaidya
  - Art Director
    
    Dinanath Chauhan
  - Music
    
    Hridaynath Mangeshkar
  - Lyrics
    
    Vasant Bapat
  - Lyrics
    
    Suresh Bhatt
  - Sound
    
    Ravindra Sathe

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