The Role
Shyam Benegal1977-11-11
Odyssey of an actress. Daughter. Wife. Woman.
6.4
136 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Smita Patil | Usha | Unowned |
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Anant Nag | Rajan | Unowned |
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Naseeruddin Shah | Sunil Verma | Unowned |
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Amrish Puri | Vinayak Kale | Unowned |
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Amol Palekar | Keshav Dalvi | Unowned |
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Sulabha Deshpande | Shanta | Unowned |
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Harilal | Unowned |
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Baby Rukshana | Young Usha | Unowned |
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B.V. Karanth | Usha's Father | Unowned |
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Dina Pathak | Mrs. Kale | Unowned |
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Mohan Agashe | Siddharth | Unowned |
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Kusum Deshpande | Shanta's mother | Unowned |
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Rekha Sabnis | Mrs. Yashwant Kale | Unowned |
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Baby Bitto | Young Sushma | Unowned |
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Savha Bajaj | Unowned | |
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Sunila Pradhan | Unowned | |
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Master Abhitab | Dinu | Unowned |
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H. Lani | Unowned | |
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Kiran Vairale | Sushma Dalvi | Unowned |
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G.M. Durrani | Music Teacher | Unowned |
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Abhishek | Unowned | |
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Om Puri | Unowned | |
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Swadesh Pal | Unowned | |
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Sudarshan Dhir | Dance Director | Unowned |
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Vijay Padukone | Unowned | |
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Santosh Shah | Unowned | |
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Benjamin Gilani | Unowned |