Umbartha (1982)
2h 31m
Running Time
July 20, 1982Release Date
Plot.
After the passing of her husband, Mrs. Mahajan takes care of four institutions, and lives a comfortable lifestyle with her two sons - Dr. Mohan and his wife, Maya; and Advocate Subhash Mahajan, his wife, Savitri, and their daughter, Rani. Savitri is unhappy as she wants a career for herself. She finally gets a chance to prove her skills in social services when she gets a job offer as Superintendent of a Women's Reformatory Home in distant Sangamwadi. Although Rani and Subhash as well as the rest of the family oppose her going, she has made up her mind.
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Cast & Crew.
Smita Patil
Sulabha Mahajan
Girish Karnad
Subhash Mahajan
Shrikant Moghe
Mohan Mahajan
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
Maya Mahajan
Daya Dongre
Chairman Sheela Samson
Kusum Kulkarni
Nani
Jayamala Kale
Sugandha / Choreographer
Daya Dongre
Chairwoman Sheela Samson
Ravi Patwardhan
Aamdar Bane
Pournima Ganu
Rani
Radha Karnad
Younger Rani
Shriram Ranade
Tirodkar
Satish Alekar
Vazhimbe
Baburao Vijapure
Baba Badkas
Nalini Kanitkar
Ms. Navre
Hirabai Dalve
Ms. Vaalve
Subhash Godbole
One Man Commission
Manorama Wagle
Kamalabai
Mukund Chitale
Gateman
Vijay Joshi
Soldier
Kamalprabha
Attendant
Sanjeevani Kale
Satya Bhamabai
Mira Latkar
Tailoring Class Teacher
Chanchal Suryavanshi
Gulaab
Aruna Bhigardive
Bakula
Nandini Chavre
Mangala
Swarupa Khopkar
Utpala
Rani Sabnis
Subhadra
Sandhya Kale
Heera
Sushama Deshpande
Jangam
Manik Bhandare
Jasvandi
Sushila Vansale
Champa
Surekha Divekar
Farida
Smita Prabhu
Runaway Girl
Sujal Watve
Insane Woman
Vidyadhar Watve
Doctor
Suresh Bhasale
Businessman
Kisan Kusgaonkar
Champa's Father
Dashrath Gaikwad
Postman
Vivek Deshpande
Nani's Secretary / Assistant Director
Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Original Music Composer
Vasant Dev
Dialogue
Vijay Tendulkar
Screenplay
Jabbar Patel
Producer / Director
Shanta Nisal
Author
D.V. Rao
Producer
Rajan Kinagi
Director of Photography
G. G. Bhosale
First Assistant Director
Romi Behl
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Vijay Kumar
Sound Assistant
Arun Patil
Visual Effects
Vishwas Aavhad
Still Photographer
D. Muralidhar
Still Photographer
Sharad Vartak
Production Controller
Sanjay Subhedar
Assistant Director of Photography
Dinanath Chavan
Art Direction
Anil Kavle
Assistant Editor
Nivrutti Dalve
Makeup Artist
Harish Joshi
Assistant Director of Photography
Anand Gurav
Assistant Editor
Madhav Thatte
Costume Designer
V. S. Raju
Sound Assistant
Jayant Joshi
Colorist
Priyaborta Sengupta
Assistant Director of Photography
Bashir Momin
Assistant Editor
Kanchan Nayak
Assistant Director
Vijay Maratkar
Assistant Director
Mariyam Samuel
Assistant Hairstylist
Sopan Onkar Khadse
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Pradeep Dalve
Assistant Makeup Artist
B. N. Sharma
Sound Designer
M. B. Makaandar
Assistant Art Director
Yogesh Saxena
Sound Re-Recording Assistant
Vishwas Dabholkar
Assistant Editor
Suresh Bhatt
Songs
Visant Bapat
Songs
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 20, 1982
Original Nameउंबरठा
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 31m
Genres
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Wiki.
Umbartha (IPA: Umbaraṭhā; English: The Doorstep) is a 1982 Indian Marathi-language film produced by D. V. Rao and directed and coproduced by Jabbar Patel. The film is a story of a woman's dream to step outside her four walled home and bring change in the society. Smita Patil played the lead protagonist in the film for which she won Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar for Best Actress. The film was adjudged as the Best Feature Film in Marathi at the 29th National Film Awards for "a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family".
The film is based on a Marathi novel Beghar (transl. Homeless) by Shanta Nisal and was also simultaneously made in Hindi as Subah with the same cast. This film also tells the social issues on LGBTQ in 80s.
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