Amar and Mansi live a rather peaceful and happy married life, that is, until Amar's job in an advertising agency requires him to work closely with beautiful models.
Acting
Rajesh Khanna's suppressed rage; Sharmila Tagore's silent suffering says everything.
Direction
Bhattacharya's cramped frames mirror suffocating marriage—claustrophobic genius.
Writing
Dialogue that wounds through what's unsaid; every pause lands like a slap.
Director
Basu Bhattacharya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Bhattacharya's 'middle cinema' trilogy alongside Anubhav and Griha Pravesh—rare 70s focus on urban marriage over rural melodrama or masala spectacle.
Tagore and Khanna were real-life partners during filming; their actual tension reportedly bled into scenes, making Mansi's wounded gazes almost documentary.
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