The Role

The Role (1977)

Odyssey of an actress. Daughter. Wife. Woman.

Drama Music

The film follows the life of a successful film star, revealing her increasing alienation in a role both glamorized and patronized by society. After being forced into show business by her family, she spends her time between studios and disastrous love affairs, and feels more and more dissatisfied.

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  • Release Date: 1977-11-11
  • Runtime: 2h 16min
  • Director: Shyam Benegal

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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

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