Bhumika (film)

Bhumika: The Role (1977) Mera Ziskila Balam Na Aaya

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Mera Ziskila Balam Na Aaya [05:39] Artist(s): Preeti Sagar Lyricist: Vasanth Dev Music:-Vanraj Bhatia Director: Shyam Benegal Writers: Hansa Wadkar (inspired by the book "Sangtye Aika") Girish Karnad (screenplay) ... Release Date: 11 November 1977 (India) Coming from a poor and destitute family, Urvashi is encouraged by her mother, Shanta (Sualbha Deshpande) to be on more than friendly terms with a much older male, Keshav Dalvi (Amol Palekar). Keshav takes a liking to young Urvashi, and encourages her to explore her talents in films, which she does, and does gain popularity, starting as a singer, than accomplishing herself as an actress/singer. She decides to marry Keshav, only to be discouraged by her own mother, but she is strong-willed, and does marry him. She has a baby girl after the marriage, but feels stifled and oppressed with Keshav, and has affairs with her co-star Rajan (Anant Nag), a film producer, Sunil Verma (Naseeruddin Shah), but ends up dissatisfied. Then she meets wealthy Vinayak Kale (Amrish Puri), and decides to settle down with him, little knowing that he is already married to another woman, and also has a son. By the time she finds out it is too late, she has already been accepted in his household, and any woman, whether his own mother(Dina Pathak), his present handicapped wife, and even Urvashi have to follow the rules laid down - no women can leave the house under any circumstances, except after death. But this does not hold fast for Urvashi who has qualities which make her desirable to many !Even when her womanly attractions are no more.The film explores the theme of woman's oppression by men who eat out of their earnings and still deride and leave her for other women,a woman's own sexuality and a taboo subject of incest !