| Bhumika | |
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| Directed by | Shyam Benegal |
| Written by | Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad, Satyadev Dubey (dialogue) |
| Story by | Hansa Wadkar |
| Based on | Sangtye Aika by Hansa Wadkar |
| Produced by | Lalit M. Bijlani Freni Variava |
| Starring | Smita Patil Amol Palekar Anant Nag Amrish Puri |
| Cinematography | Govind Nihalani |
| Edited by | Bhanudas Divakar Ramnik Patel |
| Music by | Vanraj Bhatia Majrooh Sultanpuri Vasant Dev (lyrics) |
| Distributed by | Shemaroo Movies |
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Running time | 142 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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.[1] 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.[2]
- ^ "Shyam Benegal Retrospective, 2007". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2007.
- ^ Shyam Benegal Awards