CAST
Naseeruddin Shah, Farooque Sheikh, Deepti Naval, Leela Mishra
Mallika Sarabhai, Vinni Paranjpe Joglekar, Nitin Seth, T.P Mahadevan,
Rita Rani, Gautam Joglekar, Mallika Sarabhai, Tinnu Anand, Jalal
Aga, Sudha Chopra, Rita Rani Kaul.
CREDITS
Devki Chitra
Writer & Director – Sai Paranjpe
Producer – Suresh Jindal
Camera – Virendra Saini
Screenplay - Sai Paranjpe
Dialogue - Sai Paranjpe
Music – RajKamal
Lyrics – Indu Jain
Art - Ram Yedekar
Costumes - Ravi Sabnis
Sound Effects - Mangesh Desai
Sound Recording - Narendra
STORY
Katha is based on the fable of the hare and the tortoise. But
in the modern context the tortoise is a young man Raja and the
hare is his friend Basu. Basu keeps ahead of Raja because of
his charming personality. He not only becomes the most beloved
member of Rajas entire family but he also wins the heart of
Raja’s beloved Sandhya. Whereas Raja remains a mere clerk
Basu who is adept in the ways of the world becomes senior executive
in the ommercial concern and entice the proprietor’s alluring
wife Anuradha. However when Basu’s affair with Anuradha
is discovered he loses his job. Basu now forsakes even Sandhya
who does not think herself to be fit for him. This is a beautiful
sentimental film. Along with Deepti Naval, Naseeruddin Shah
and Farouque Sheikh and Mallika Sarabhai contribute some beautiful
acting.
ANOTHER VERSION
Rajaram (Naseeruddin S Producer – Suresh Jindal
hah), a simple, caring, warm human being, lives in a chawl,
in Mumbai. He secretly loves Sandhya, a pretty, comely, neighbour,
but is tongue tied to express love… When his childhood
friend Basu (Farooque Shaikh) walks in one fine day, everything
turns topsy turvy. With his smooth talk he wins over the chawl
people, finagles himself to a job at Rajaram’s office
as his superior, seduces Sandhya, and when the going gets hot,
he leaves Sandhya stranded at the marriage altar, leaving Rajaram
to face the music.