Katha
A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Rajaram P. Joshi is a middle-class Clerk living in a chawl in Bombay. He is secretly in love with his neighbor, Sandhya Karnik but is unable to disclose his love for her. Rajaram's fast-tallking friend, Bashudev comes for a visit and makes himself at home. Bashudev starts wooing Sandhya and soon her parents decide to marry Sandhya and Bashudev, much to misery of Rajaram. But on the day of the engagement, Bashudev disappears, leaving behind a devastated, and pregnant Sandhya. Will Rajaram accept Sandhya?
Release Date: 1982-12-22
Naseeruddin Shah
Rajaram Purshotam Joshi
Farooq Shaikh
Bashudev
Deepti Naval
Sandhya Sabnis
Leela Mishra
Dadi Amma
Yatin Karyekar
Dancer
Jalal Agha
Himself
Sarika
Herself
Tinnu Anand
Himself