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The Role

The Role

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The Role

"Odyssey of an actress. Daughter. Wife. Woman."

1977
2h 16m
6.4(16 votes)
Drama
Music

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.

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27 members
Acting

स्मिता पाटिल

Usha

स्मिता पाटिल
Acting

Anant Nag

Rajan

Anant Nag
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Naseeruddin Shah

Sunil Verma

Naseeruddin Shah
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Amrish Puri

Vinayak Kale

Amrish Puri
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Amol Palekar

Keshav Dalvi

Amol Palekar
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Sulabha Deshpande

Shanta

Sulabha Deshpande
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Harilal

Kulbhushan Kharbanda
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Baby Rukshana

Young Usha

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Sound

B.V. Karanth

Usha's Father

B.V. Karanth
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Dina Pathak

Mrs. Kale

Dina Pathak
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Mohan Agashe

Siddharth

Mohan Agashe
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Kusum Deshpande

Shanta's mother

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Rekha Sabnis

Mrs. Yashwant Kale

Rekha Sabnis
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Baby Bitto

Young Sushma

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Savha Bajaj

Unknown Role

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Sunila Pradhan

Unknown Role

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Master Abhitab

Dinu

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H. Lani

Unknown Role

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Kiran Vairale

Sushma Dalvi

Kiran Vairale
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G.M. Durrani

Music Teacher

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Abhishek

Unknown Role

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Om Puri

Unknown Role

Om Puri
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Swadesh Pal

Unknown Role

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Sudarshan Dhir

Dance Director

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Vijay Padukone

Unknown Role

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Writing

Santosh Shah

Unknown Role

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Benjamin Gilani

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