
Katha
A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Rajaram P. Joshi is a middle-class Clerk living in a chawl in Bombay. He is secretly in love with his neighbor, Sandhya Karnik but is unable to disclose his love for her. Rajaram's fast-tallking friend, Bashudev comes for a visit and makes himself at home. Bashudev starts wooing Sandhya and soon her parents decide to marry Sandhya and Bashudev, much to misery of Rajaram. But on the day of the engagement, Bashudev disappears, leaving behind a devastated, and pregnant Sandhya. Will Rajaram accept Sandhya?
Release Date: 1982-12-22
Comedy
Drama
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Casts

Naseeruddin Shah
as Rajaram Purshotam Joshi

Farooq Shaikh
as Bashudev

Deepti Naval
as Sandhya Sabnis

Leela Mishra
as Dadi Amma

Yatin Karyekar
as Dancer

Jalal Agha
as Himself

Sarika
as Herself

Tinnu Anand
as Himself