The Role (1977)

  • NR
  • 11/11/1977 (IN)
  • Drama, Music
  • 2h 16m

Odyssey of an actress. Daughter. Wife. Woman.

Overview

A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.

Shyam Benegal

Screenplay, Director

Girish Karnad

Screenplay

Satyadev Dubey

Screenplay

Hansa Wadkar

Novel

Cast

Smita Patil's headshot

Smita Patil

Usha
Anant Nag's headshot

Anant Nag

Rajan
Naseeruddin Shah's headshot

Naseeruddin Shah

Sunil Verma
Amrish Puri's headshot

Amrish Puri

Vinayak Kale
Amol Palekar's headshot

Amol Palekar

Keshav Dalvi
Sulabha Deshpande's headshot

Sulabha Deshpande

Shanta
Kulbhushan Kharbanda's headshot

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Harilal
Baby Rukshana's headshot

Baby Rukshana

Young Usha

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