Filmmakers
Above the lineSB
Director
Shyam Benegal
SD
Screenplay
Satyadev Dubey
GK
Screenplay
Girish Karnad
SB
Screenplay
Shyam Benegal
GN
Cinematography
Govind Nihalani
BD
Editing
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
VB
Music
Vanraj Bhatia
Cast
18SP
Smita Patil
Usha
AP
Amol Palekar
Keshav Dalvi
AN
Anant Nag
Rajan
SD
Sulabha Deshpande
Shanta
AP
Amrish Puri
Vinayak Kale
NS
Naseeruddin Shah
Sunil Verma
KK
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Harilal
BR
Baby Rukshana
Young Usha
KV
Kiran Vairale
Sushma Dalvi
KD
Kusum Deshpande
Shanta's Mother
BK
B.V. Karanth
Usha's Father
DP
Dina Pathak
Mrs. Kale
RS
Rekha Sabnis
Mrs. Yashwant Kale
MA
Mohan Agashe
Siddharth
BB
Baby Bitto
Young Sushma
SP
Sunila Pradhan
Ms. Bala
MA
Master Abhitab
Dinu
OP
Om Puri
Stage Actor
Departments
41Production
- Fali M. VariavaFinance
- Deepak PrasharLocation Assistant
- Santosh SahLocation Assistant
- Lalit M. BijlaniProducer
- Freni M. VariavaProducer
- N. J. KennyProduction Assistant
- Ravi UppoorProduction Assistant
- Ishwarlal G. SharmaProduction Manager
Camera
- K. KantiAssistant Camera
- Gyan SahayAssistant Camera
- S.R. SekarStill Photographer
Sound
- Chandru AtmaPlayback Singer
- Firoz DasturiPlayback Singer
- Saraswati RanePlayback Singer
- Preeti SagarPlayback Singer
- Bhupendra SinghPlayback Singer
- Kumari MeenaPlayback Singer
- Uttara KelkarPlayback Singer
- Hitendra GhoshSound
- B.N. TiwariSound
- Mohamed Husein KalsikarSound Assistant
- Mangesh DesaiSound Re-Recording Mixer
Art
- Shama ZaidiArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Kalpana LajmiCostume Assistant
- Lilabai DeshpandeHairstylist
- Vishwanath GovekarMakeup Artist
Editing
- Ramnik PatelAssistant Editor
- Jagdish MohiteAssistant Editor
Crew
- Sudarshan DheerChoreographer
- Devi DuttProduction Controller
- Kamat GhanekarTechnical Advisor
Writing
- Satyadev DubeyDialogue
- Vasant DevLyricist
- Majrooh SultanpuriLyricist
- Hansa WadkarNovel
- Hansa WadkarOriginal Film Writer
Directing
- Manohar B. GhanekarAssistant Director
- Dayal NihalaniAssistant Director
- Swadesh PalAssistant Director
- Prahlad KakarAssistant Director
- Nira BenegalContinuity