Bhumika
Odyssey of an actress. Daughter. Wife. Woman.
1977
136
minutes
Drama, Music
★★★★★
★★★★★
3.45
Directed By:
Shyam Benegal
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.
Language
Hindi
Release Date
November 11, 1977
Cast
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
Savha Bajaj
Sunila Pradhan
Master Abhitab
Dinu
H. Lani
Kiran Vairale
Sushma Dalvi
G.M. Durrani
Music Teacher
Abhishek
Om Puri
Swadesh Pal
Sudarshan Dhir
Dance Director
Vijay Padukone
Santosh Shah
Benjamin Gilani
Show Full Crew
Writing
Girish Karnad
Screenplay
Shyam Benegal
Screenplay
Satyadev Dubey
Screenplay
Satyadev Dubey
Dialogue
Vasant Dev
Lyricist
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Lyricist
Hansa Wadkar
Novel
Hansa Wadkar
Original Film Writer
Directing
Shyam Benegal
Director
Dayal Nihalani
Assistant Director
Prahlad Kakar
Assistant Director
Nira Benegal
Continuity
Manohar B. Ghanekar
Assistant Director
Swadesh Pal
Assistant Director
Sound
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Hitendra Ghosh
Sound
Bhupendra Singh
Playback Singer
Saraswati Rane
Playback Singer
Mohamed Husein Kalsikar
Sound Assistant
Uttara Kelkar
Playback Singer
Preeti Sagar
Playback Singer
Kumari Meena
Playback Singer
Firoz Dasturi
Playback Singer
B.N. Tiwari
Sound
Chandru Atma
Playback Singer
Crew
Devi Dutt
Production Controller
Govind Nihalani
Cinematography
Sudarshan Dheer
Choreographer
Kamat Ghanekar
Technical Advisor
Editing
Art
Costume & Make-Up
Production
Lalit M. Bijlani
Producer
Freni M. Variava
Producer
Santosh Sah
Location Assistant
Ishwarlal G. Sharma
Production Manager
Ravi Uppoor
Production Assistant
N. J. Kenny
Production Assistant
Deepak Prashar
Location Assistant
Fali M. Variava
Finance
Camera