Bhumika(Movie, 1977)

Name: Bhumika
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1977
Duration: T02:16:00
Rating: 3.1

Original title: "भूमिका" (Hindi/HI)

2h 16min | Genres: Drama, Music

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

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. 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, w... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Bhumika

Filmfare Award for Best Film

About Bhumika

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.

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Trailer for Bhumika + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Saawan Ke Din (HD) - Bhumika Songs - Smita Patil - Naseeruddin Shah - Bhupinder(Clip, 2:28)

Additional Information

Production country: India

Plays in: India, Mumbai

Based on: "You Ask, I Tell" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Blaze Film Enterprises

Original language: Hindi (HI)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Hindi (HI)

Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), Georgian (KA), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/11/1977

Cast: Smita Patil, Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Anant Nag, Amrish Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Director: Shyam Benegal

Screenwriter: Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad, Satyadev Dubey

Director of Photography: Govind Nihalani

Composer: Vanraj Bhatia

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Le Rôle"

"بھومیکا"

"The Role"

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Bhumika(Movie, 1977)

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