Swami (1977 film)

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Swami
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Produced by Jaya Charavarty
Written by Manu Bhandari dialogue
Basu Chatterjee writer
Sharat Chandra Chatterji (book)
Starring Shabana Azmi
Girish Karnad
Music by Rajesh Roshan
Cinematography K. K. Mahajan
Release date(s) 1977
Country Flag of India India
Language Hindi
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Swami is a 1977 Hindi film directed by Basu Chatterjee and produced by Jaya Chakravarty (mother of Hema Malini).

The film stars Shabana Azmi, Girish Karnad, Utpal Dutt. Hema Malini and Dharmendra make a guest appearance together in the film. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan.

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'Saudamini' (Shabana Azmi) is a bright village girl with academic ambitions and an appetite for literature and philosophy. Her intellectual uncle (Utpal Dutt) indulges her brainy bent, encouraging her studies and running interference between Mini and her mother (Sudha Shivpuri), a pious widow whose only concern is to see Mini married, and quickly. Mini has a nascent love affair with her neighbor Narendra (Vikram), the zamindar's son, a student in Calcutta who on his frequent visits brings her Victorian literature, listens raptly to her discourse, and is bold enough to kiss her opportunistically when they are caught together in a rainstorm. Circumstances conspire against Mini and Narendra, though, and soon Mini finds herself married against her wishes to a wheat trader 'Ghanshyam' (Girish Karnad) from a neighboring village. Plunged into despair, Mini struggles to become accustomed to life in her unwanted marriage and her new home, where Ganshyam's stepmother seems to favor Mini's sisters-in-law and where her new husband treats her with a patience that she finds perplexing. [1]

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Film's music is by veteran music director, Rajesh Roshan and has produced some memorable numbers, one sung by vocalist Yesudas, "Kaa Karoon Sajni" and Lata Mangeshkar's, "Pal Bhar Mein Yeh Kya Ho Gaya".

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