The Role
Nov 11 1977
•2h 16m
•Drama, Music
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.
Cast
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Smita Patil
Usha
Anant Nag
Rajan
Naseeruddin Shah
Sunil Verma
Amrish Puri
Vinayak Kale
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