The 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.
Cast
Smita Patil
Usha
Anant Nag
Rajan
Naseeruddin Shah
Sunil Verma
Amrish Puri
Vinayak Kale
Amol Palekar
Keshav Dalvi
Sulabha Deshpande
Shanta
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Harilal
Baby Rukshana
Young Usha
B.V. Karanth
Usha's Father
Dina Pathak
Mrs. Kale
Mohan Agashe
Siddharth
Kusum Deshpande
Shanta's mother
Rekha Sabnis
Mrs. Yashwant Kale
Baby Bitto
Young Sushma
Savha Bajaj
Unknown
Sunila Pradhan
Unknown
Master Abhitab
Dinu
H. Lani
Unknown
Kiran Vairale
Sushma Dalvi
G.M. Durrani
Music Teacher
Abhishek
Unknown
Om Puri
Unknown
Swadesh Pal
Unknown
Sudarshan Dhir
Dance Director
Vijay Padukone
Unknown
Santosh Shah
Unknown
Benjamin Gilani
Unknown
Crew
Shyam Benegal
Director, Screenplay
Girish Karnad
Screenplay
Satyadev Dubey
Screenplay, Dialogue
Hansa Wadkar
Original Film Writer, Novel
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
Jagdish Mohite
Assistant Editor
Ramnik Patel
Assistant Editor
Govind Nihalani
Cinematography
Manohar B. Ghanekar
Assistant Director
Prahlad Kakar
Assistant Director
Dayal Nihalani
Assistant Director
Swadesh Pal
Assistant Director
Lalit M. Bijlani
Producer
Freni M. Variava
Producer
Ravi Uppoor
Production Assistant
N. J. Kenny
Production Assistant
Devi Dutt
Production Controller
K. Kanti
Assistant Camera
Gyan Sahay
Assistant Camera
Kalpana Lajmi
Costume Assistant
Lilabai Deshpande
Hairstylist
Vishwanath Govekar
Makeup Artist
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mohamed Husein Kalsikar
Sound Assistant
Hitendra Ghosh
Sound
B.N. Tiwari
Sound
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Lyricist
Vasant Dev
Lyricist
Fali M. Variava
Finance
S.R. Sekar
Still Photographer
Kamat Ghanekar
Technical Advisor
Deepak Prashar
Location Assistant
Santosh Sah
Location Assistant
Sudarshan Dheer
Choreographer
Preeti Sagar
Playback Singer
Bhupendra Singh
Playback Singer
Chandru Atma
Playback Singer
Kumari Meena
Playback Singer
Firoz Dasturi
Playback Singer
Uttara Kelkar
Playback Singer
Saraswati Rane
Playback Singer
Nira Benegal
Continuity
Ishwarlal G. Sharma
Production Manager
Shama Zaidi
Art Direction
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