Director: Master Vinayak; Writer: V.S. Khandekar; Cinematographer: Pandurang Naik; Editor: Madhav Kamble; Cast: Baburao Pendharkar, Indira Wadkar, Meenakshi, Dada Salvi, Damuanna Malvankar, Miss Sardar, Vibhavari, Baby Vimal, Patankar
Duration: 02:10:06; Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1; Hue: 117.330; Saturation: 0.074; Lightness: 0.194; Volume: 0.121; Cuts per Minute: 8.884
Summary: One of Marathi actress-singer Wadkar’s most famous roles as Sushila, who marries an old widower, Dasopant (Salvi), in order to pay for her younger brother’s education. Dasopant already has a son, the social worker and professor Ashok (Pendharkar), who is horrified at his father’s decision and begs Sushila to reconsider, but she marries the old man anyway. Sushila later admits to Ashok (now her stepson) that it was a mistake, and when she has to take refuge in his room to escape from her husband she is accused of adultery with Ashok, who then becomes a social outcast to the distress of his girlfriend Pushpa (Meenakshi). Sushila leaves having written letters explaining all to Ashok and Pushpa. Years later she is heard singing on a radio station. The film repeats Khandekar’s favourite themes of bravely borne suffering (inevitably that of an older sister on behalf of younger siblings) and the self-revealing act at the end: in
Chhaya (1936) the hero publishes an autobiographical novel thus betraying himself to the police; here Sushila craves anonymity yet she sings an autobiographical song on the radio drawing the family’s attention back to her.
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