Bhumika (1977)
November 11, 1977Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Master Abhitab
Dinu
Kiran Vairale
Sushma Dalvi
G.M. Durrani
Music Teacher
Sudarshan Dhir
Dance Director
Shyam Benegal
Director / Screenplay
Girish Karnad
Screenplay
Satyadev Dubey
Screenplay / Dialogue
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Govind Nihalani
Cinematography
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
Shama Zaidi
Art Direction
Lilabai Deshpande
Hairstylist
Vishwanath Govekar
Makeup Artist
Ishwarlal G. Sharma
Production Manager
Manohar B. Ghanekar
Assistant Director
Prahlad Kakar
Assistant Director
Dayal Nihalani
Assistant Director
Hitendra Ghosh
Sound
Mohamed Husein Kalsikar
Sound Assistant
B.N. Tiwari
Sound
K. Kanti
Assistant Camera
Gyan Sahay
Assistant Camera
S.R. Sekar
Still Photographer
Kalpana Lajmi
Costume Assistant
Jagdish Mohite
Assistant Editor
Ramnik Patel
Assistant Editor
Hansa Wadkar
Novel / Original Film Writer
Sudarshan Dheer
Choreographer
Ravi Uppoor
Production Assistant
N. J. Kenny
Production Assistant
Deepak Prashar
Location Assistant
Santosh Sah
Location Assistant
Nira Benegal
Continuity
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Lyricist
Vasant Dev
Lyricist
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
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kamat Ghanekar
Technical Advisor
Devi Dutt
Production Controller
Fali M. Variava
Finance
Lalit M. Bijlani
Producer
Freni M. Variava
Producer
Swadesh Pal
Assistant Director
Vijay Padukone
Media.
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Bhumika (English: Role) is a 1977 Indian film directed by Shyam Benegal. The film stars Smita Patil, Amol Palekar, Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah and Amrish Puri.
The film is broadly based on the Marathi-language memoirs, Sangtye Aika of the well-known Marathi stage and screen actress of the 1940s Hansa Wadkar, who led a flamboyant and unconventional life, and focuses on an individual's search for identity and self-fulfilment. Smita Patil gives a strong performance of transforming from a vivacious teenager to a wiser but deeply wounded middle-aged woman.
The film won two National Film Awards and Filmfare Best Movie Award. It was invited to Carthage Film Festival 1978, Chicago Film Festival, where it was awarded the Golden Plaque 1978, and in 1986 it was invited to Festival of Images, Algeria.