Shyam Benegal's Bhumika—The Role (1977) featured Smita Patil in arguably her greatest role, for which she won her first National Award. One of Benegal's masterpieces, Bhumika was based on the autobiography of Marathi actress Hansa Wadkar. Amol Palekar, Anant Nag and Sulabha Deshpande play significant supporting parts, as well as a roster of fine women performers who are the subject of this slideshow, part of our Shyam Benegal retrospective.
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These images are screengrabs from the official release DVD. No copyright infringement intended.
It's a treat to watch these various photo essays on women. Someday I'd love to watch a photo essay on the women from Satyajit Ray's film for I feel some of the strongest female characters that I've seen comes from Ray's films. for e.g. Madhabi Mukherjee from Charulata, Sharmila Tagore from Devi, Karuna Bannerjee from Pather Panchali and Aparajito. etc
Posted by: Krunal | Nov 28, 2011 at 10:31