Bhumika (1977)
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.
Director:
Shyam Benegal
Writers:
Girish Karnad, Satyadev Dubey, Shyam Benegal.
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Smita Patil as Usha |
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Anant Nag as Rajan |
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Naseeruddin Shah as Sunil Verma |
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Amrish Puri as Vinayak Kale |
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Amol Palekar as Keshav Dalvi |
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Sulabha Deshpande as Shanta |
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Harilal |
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Baby Rukshana as Young Usha |
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B.V. Karanth as Usha's Father |
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Dina Pathak as Mrs. Kale |
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Mohan Agashe as Siddharth |
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Kusum Deshpande as Shanta's mother |
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Rekha Sabnis as Mrs. Yashwant Kale |
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Baby Bitto as Young Sushma |
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Savha Bajaj as |
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Sunila Pradhan as |
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Master Abhitab as Dinu |
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H. Lani as |
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Kiran Vairale as Sushma Dalvi |
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G.M. Durrani as Music Teacher |
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Abhishek as |
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Om Puri as |
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Swadesh Pal as |
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Sudarshan Dhir as Dance Director |
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Vijay Padukone as |
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Santosh Shah as |
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Benjamin Gilani as |
| Writing | Satyadev Dubey | Dialogue |
| Sound | Vanraj Bhatia | Music |
| Crew | Govind Nihalani | Cinematography |
| Editing | Bhanudas Divakar | Editor |
| Art | Shama Zaidi | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lilabai Deshpande | Hairstylist |
| Production | Ishwarlal G. Sharma | Production Manager |
| Directing | Manohar B. Ghanekar | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Prahlad Kakar | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dayal Nihalani | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Swadesh Pal | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Hitendra Ghosh | Sound |
| Sound | Mohamed Husein Kalsikar | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | B.N. Tiwari | Sound |
| Camera | K. Kanti | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Gyan Sahay | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | S.R. Sekar | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kalpana Lajmi | Costume Assistant |
| Editing | Jagdish Mohite | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ramnik Patel | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Shyam Benegal | Director |
| Writing | Girish Karnad | Screenplay |
| Writing | Satyadev Dubey | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shyam Benegal | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hansa Wadkar | Novel |
| Writing | Hansa Wadkar | Original Film Writer |
| Crew | Sudarshan Dheer | Choreographer |
| Production | Ravi Uppoor | Production Assistant |
| Production | N. J. Kenny | Production Assistant |
| Production | Deepak Prashar | Location Assistant |
| Production | Santosh Sah | Location Assistant |
| Directing | Nira Benegal | Continuity |
| Writing | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Lyricist |
| Writing | Vasant Dev | Lyricist |
| Sound | Preeti Sagar | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Bhupendra Singh | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Chandru Atma | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Kumari Meena | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Firoz Dasturi | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Uttara Kelkar | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Saraswati Rane | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Mangesh Desai | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Kamat Ghanekar | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Devi Dutt | Production Controller |
| Production | Fali M. Variava | Finance |
| Production | Lalit M. Bijlani | Producer |
| Production | Freni M. Variava | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vishwanath Govekar | Makeup Artist |
