The Role

Odyssey of an actress. Daughter. Wife. Woman.

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.

Drama Music

Smita Patil

(Usha)

Anant Nag

(Rajan)

Naseeruddin Shah

(Sunil Verma)

Amrish Puri

(Vinayak Kale)

Amol Palekar

(Keshav Dalvi)

Sulabha Deshpande

(Shanta)

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

(Harilal)

Baby Rukshana

(Young Usha)

B.V. Karanth

(Usha's Father)

Dina Pathak

(Mrs. Kale)

Mohan Agashe

(Siddharth)

Kusum Deshpande

(Shanta's mother)

Rekha Sabnis

(Mrs. Yashwant Kale)

Baby Bitto

(Young Sushma)

Savha Bajaj

Sunila Pradhan

Master Abhitab

(Dinu)

H. Lani

Kiran Vairale

(Sushma Dalvi)

G.M. Durrani

(Music Teacher)

Abhishek

Om Puri

Swadesh Pal

Sudarshan Dhir

(Dance Director)

Vijay Padukone

Santosh Shah

Benjamin Gilani