Amma lives in Bijapur with her husband and son, Benwa. When a man attempts to sexually molest her, he is killed by her husband, the trio flee, but the husband is shot dead by the police. Amma re-locates to a shanty slum near Dharavi, Bombay, where Benwa grows up and shines shoes for a living. Amma is sexually active with Looka, a hoodlum and extortionist who shows up once in while, and also has a steady relationship with trucker, Anna. Both Looka and Anna are unaware of each other. Looka gets Benwa married to Amli from a nearby slum & Anna gets Amma a much better shelter. All seems to be going well until the Police come looking for an injured Looka, when he robs a pharmacy in order to get medicines for himself. Watch what happens when the Police arrive and find a visibly pregnant Amma with Looka, and the impact this will have on her relationship with Anna.
- Starring
- Smita Patil, Naseerudin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, more..
- Director
- Rabindra Dharmaraj
- Language
- Hindi
- Genre
- Release Date
- Thu Jan, 01 1981
- Smita Patil
- ...
- Naseerudin Shah
- ...
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- ...
- Ranjit Chowdhury
- ...
- Anjali Paigaonkar
- ...
- Hridaynath Mangeshkar
- ... Music Director
- Rabindra Dharmaraj
- ... Director