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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.
Casts
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
Sunila Pradhan
Master Abhitab
Dinu
H. Lani
Kiran Vairale
Sushma Dalvi
G.M. Durrani
Music Teacher
Abhishek
Om Puri
Swadesh Pal
Sudarshan Dhir
Dance Director
Vijay Padukone
Santosh Shah
Benjamin Gilani
Crews
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Govind Nihalani
Cinematography
Satyadev Dubey
Dialogue
Shama Zaidi
Art Direction
Lilabai Deshpande
Hairstylist
Ishwarlal G. Sharma
Production Manager
Manohar B. Ghanekar
Assistant Director
Jagdish Mohite
Assistant Editor
Swadesh Pal
Assistant Director
Hitendra Ghosh
Sound
Dayal Nihalani
Assistant Director
Gyan Sahay
Assistant Camera
B.N. Tiwari
Sound
Ramnik Patel
Assistant Editor
Mohamed Husein Kalsikar
Sound Assistant
K. Kanti
Assistant Camera
Prahlad Kakar
Assistant Director
S.R. Sekar
Still Photographer
Kalpana Lajmi
Costume Assistant
Shyam Benegal
Screenplay
Shyam Benegal
Director
Girish Karnad
Screenplay
Satyadev Dubey
Screenplay
Nira Benegal
Continuity
Preeti Sagar
Playback Singer
Bhupendra Singh
Playback Singer
Kumari Meena
Playback Singer
Lalit M. Bijlani
Producer
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Lyricist
Saraswati Rane
Playback Singer
Hansa Wadkar
Original Film Writer
N. J. Kenny
Production Assistant
Hansa Wadkar
Novel
Sudarshan Dheer
Choreographer
Ravi Uppoor
Production Assistant
Uttara Kelkar
Playback Singer
Kamat Ghanekar
Technical Advisor
Fali M. Variava
Finance
Deepak Prashar
Location Assistant
Devi Dutt
Production Controller
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vasant Dev
Lyricist
Chandru Atma
Playback Singer
Firoz Dasturi
Playback Singer
Santosh Sah
Location Assistant
Freni M. Variava
Producer
Vishwanath Govekar
Makeup Artist
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