Bhumika

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Shyam Benegal

Credits: Cast: Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri

Description: Bhumika tells the life story of an actress, Usha (Smita Patil), who is the granddaughter of a famous female singer of the old tradition from the Devadasi community of Goa. Usha's mother (Sulabha Deshpande) is married to an abusive and alcoholic Brahmin. She is taken to Bombay by family hanger-on Keshav Dalvi (Amol Palekar) to audition successfully as a singer.

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