The Role

Directed by Shyam Benegal
1977    2h 16mDrama, Music
7.489%
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.

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Cast of The Role

  • Smita PatilUsha
  • Anant NagRajan
  • Naseeruddin ShahSunil Verma
  • Amrish PuriVinayak Kale
  • Amol PalekarKeshav Dalvi
  • Sulabha DeshpandeShanta
  • Kulbhushan KharbandaHarilal
  • Baby RukshanaYoung Usha
  • B.V. KaranthUsha's Father
  • Dina PathakMrs. Kale
  • Mohan AgasheSiddharth
  • Kusum DeshpandeShanta's mother
  • Rekha SabnisMrs. Yashwant Kale
  • Baby BittoYoung Sushma
  • Savha Bajaj
  • Sunila Pradhan
  • Master AbhitabDinu
  • H. Lani
  • Kiran VairaleSushma Dalvi
  • G.M. DurraniMusic Teacher
  • Abhishek
  • Om Puri
  • Swadesh Pal
  • Sudarshan DhirDance Director
  • Vijay Padukone
  • Santosh Shah
  • Benjamin Gilani
  • Shyam BenegalDirector / Writer
  • Satyadev DubeyWriter
  • Girish KarnadWriter
  • Hansa WadkarWriter
  • Lalit M. BijlaniProducer
  • Freni M. VariavaProducer

 

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