The Role

The Role (1977)

Odyssey of an actress. Daughter. Wife. Woman.

  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Release Date: 1977-11-11
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 16 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 16min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Blaze Film Enterprises
  • Production Country: India
  • Director: Shyam Benegal
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Summary

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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  • Smita Patil

    as Usha

  • Anant Nag

    as Rajan

  • Naseeruddin Shah

    as Sunil Verma

  • Amrish Puri

    as Vinayak Kale

  • Amol Palekar

    as Keshav Dalvi

  • Sulabha Deshpande

    as Shanta

  • Kulbhushan Kharbanda

    as Harilal

  • Baby Rukshana

    as Young Usha

  • B.V. Karanth

    as Usha's Father

  • Dina Pathak

    as Mrs. Kale

  • Mohan Agashe

    as Siddharth

  • Kusum Deshpande

    as Shanta's mother

  • Rekha Sabnis

    as Mrs. Yashwant Kale

  • Baby Bitto

    as Young Sushma

  • Savha Bajaj

    as

  • Sunila Pradhan

    as

  • Master Abhitab

    as Dinu

  • H. Lani

    as

  • Kiran Vairale

    as Sushma Dalvi

  • G.M. Durrani

    as Music Teacher

  • Abhishek

    as

  • Om Puri

    as

  • Swadesh Pal

    as

  • Sudarshan Dhir

    as Dance Director

  • Vijay Padukone

    as

  • Santosh Shah

    as

  • Benjamin Gilani

    as
Editing Bhanudas Divakar Editor
Costume & Make-Up Vishwanath Govekar Makeup Artist
Sound Vanraj Bhatia Music
Crew Govind Nihalani Cinematography
Writing Satyadev Dubey Dialogue
Art Shama Zaidi Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Lilabai Deshpande Hairstylist
Production Ishwarlal G. Sharma Production Manager
Directing Manohar B. Ghanekar Assistant Director
Editing Jagdish Mohite Assistant Editor
Directing Swadesh Pal Assistant Director
Sound Hitendra Ghosh Sound
Directing Dayal Nihalani Assistant Director
Camera Gyan Sahay Assistant Camera
Sound B.N. Tiwari Sound
Editing Ramnik Patel Assistant Editor
Sound Mohamed Husein Kalsikar Sound Assistant
Camera K. Kanti Assistant Camera
Directing Prahlad Kakar Assistant Director
Camera S.R. Sekar Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up Kalpana Lajmi Costume Assistant
Writing Shyam Benegal Screenplay
Directing Shyam Benegal Director
Writing Girish Karnad Screenplay
Writing Satyadev Dubey Screenplay
Directing Nira Benegal Continuity
Sound Preeti Sagar Playback Singer
Sound Bhupendra Singh Playback Singer
Sound Kumari Meena Playback Singer
Production Lalit M. Bijlani Producer
Writing Majrooh Sultanpuri Lyricist
Sound Saraswati Rane Playback Singer
Writing Hansa Wadkar Original Film Writer
Production N. J. Kenny Production Assistant
Writing Hansa Wadkar Novel
Crew Sudarshan Dheer Choreographer
Production Ravi Uppoor Production Assistant
Sound Uttara Kelkar Playback Singer
Crew Kamat Ghanekar Technical Advisor
Production Fali M. Variava Finance
Production Deepak Prashar Location Assistant
Crew Devi Dutt Production Controller
Sound Mangesh Desai Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Writing Vasant Dev Lyricist
Sound Chandru Atma Playback Singer
Sound Firoz Dasturi Playback Singer
Production Santosh Sah Location Assistant
Production Freni M. Variava Producer

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