| Sadma | |
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| Directed by | Balu Mahendra |
| Produced by | Raj N. Sippy Romu N. Sippy |
| Written by | Balu Mahendra(screenplay) Gulzar(lyrics) |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Sridevi Gulshan Grover Silk Smitha |
| Music by | Ilayaraaja |
| Cinematography | Balu Mahendra |
| Editing by | D. Vasu |
| Release date(s) | 8 July 1983 |
| Running time | 141 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Sadma (Hindi: सदमा; English: Trauma) is a 1983 Indian film directed by Balu Mahendra which stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi with music composed by Ilayaraaja. The picture tells the story of Nehalata (Sridevi), a young woman who regresses to childhood after suffering a head injury in a car crash. Lost, she ends up trapped in a brothel before being rescued by Somu (Kamal Haasan), a lonely school teacher who falls in love with her.
The film is a remake of the 1982 Tamil film Moondram Pirai. Sridevi's autistic child-woman performance brought her nominations at the Filmfare Best actress award as well as State awards and National Awards. Kamal's performance in the film's famous climax scene won him the National Award in the Tamil version. The film, however, flopped at the box office as it was considered way ahead of its time. Over the years the movie has achieved cult status and is regarded as an all time classic featuring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi's career best performances.
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Nehalata (Sridevi) is a young, modern girl who meets with an accident that leaves her with the memory and intelligence of a seven year old. Circumstances lead her into prostitution, and in the brothel she meets Somu (Kamal Haasan). He realizes that she has been tricked into the trade. He rescues her and takes her to his home in Ooty and begins to take care of her. He knows Nehalata as Reshmi, which was the pseudonym given for her at the brothel. Reshmi reciprocates Somu's care as they spend several months together sharing an amazing and innocent relationship that treads the tender line between affection and love. The sub-plot of the film follows the wife of Somu's boss who is attracted to Somu, though Somu doesn't reciprocate her feelings. It depicts how the outside world succumbs to human feelings of lust and desire which are missing between Somu and Reshmi. Somu takes Reshmi to a village medical practitioner who cures her and brings her back to sanity as she recovers her memory up to the point of her accident. When Somu comes to meet Reshmi later that day, she is unable to identify or remember him. Despite his efforts to make her understand that he was the one who had taken care of her for several months, she is indifferent to him and leaves Ooty for her hometown, thus abandoning Somu and the life and relationship that she once had with him.
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