The Role
- Original title
- Bhumika (The Role)
- Year
- 1977
- Running time
- 142 min.
- Country
- India
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Smita Patil
- Anant Nag
- Naseeruddin Shah
- Amrish Puri
- Amol Palekar
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Sulabha Deshpande
- B.V. Karanth
- Dina Pathak
- Mohan Agashe
- Baby Ruksana
- Kusum Deshpande
- Rekha Sabnis
- Baby Bitto
- Savha Bajaj
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | 1940s. 1950s. Film In Film. Jealousy
- Synopsis
- Coming from a poor and destitute family, Urvashi is encouraged by her mother, Shanta (Sualbha Deshpande) to be on more than friendly terms with a much older male, Keshav Dalvi (Amol Palekar). Keshav takes a liking to young Urvashi, and encourages her to explore her talents in films, which she does, and does gain popularity, starting as a singer, than accomplishing herself as an actress/singer. She decides to marry Keshav, only to be discouraged by her own mother, but she is strong-willed, and does marry him. She has a baby girl after the marriage, but feels stifled and oppressed with Keshav, and has affairs with her co-star Rajan (Anant Nag), a film producer, Sunil Verma (Naseeruddin Shah), but ends up dissatisfied. Then she meets wealthy Vinayak Kale (Amrish Puri), and decides to settle down with him, little knowing that he is already married to another woman, and also has a son. By the time she finds out it is too late...
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