Top Cast
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Shabana Azmi
Sushila
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Girish Karnad
Schoolmaster
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Anant Nag
Anjaiya
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Amrish Puri
Eldest Zamindar
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Satyadev Dubey
Priest (Pujari)
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Smita Patil
Rukmini
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Naseeruddin Shah
Vishwam
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Mohan Agashe
Prasad
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Overview
A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife—abused and berated by her abductors—cannot bring herself to face her husband.
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