A popular singer encourages his wife to sing, but tensions mount between the pair when his career begins to falter and her own musical career and popularity surpasses his own.
Acting
Real-life couple chemistry that cuts deeper than fiction.
Score
SD Burman's songs — each one a weaponized emotion.
Direction
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's surgical precision with male ego.
Director
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Amitabh and Jaya were newlyweds during filming; their real tenderness makes Subir's cruelty hit harder.
The film sparked national conversations about working wives in 1970s India—rare mainstream cinema interrogating middle-class masculinity.
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