| Samaantar | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Amol Palekar |
| Written by | Sandhya Gokhale |
| Starring | Amol Palekar Sharmila Tagore Radhika Apte Sameer Dharmadhikari Kishore Kadam Aishwarya Narkar Makarand Deshpande Vandana Gupte |
| Cinematography | Asim Bose |
| Edited by | Abhijeet Deshpande |
| Music by | Anand Modak |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | BIG Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
Samaantar (translation: Parallel) is a 2009 Indian Marathi-language parallel film directed by Amol Palekar and written by Sandhya Gokhale. The film stars Amol Palekar and Sharmila Tagore in titular roles alongside Radhika Apte, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Kishore Kadam, Aishwarya Narkar, Makarand Deshpande and Vandana Gupte in pivotal roles. Palekar's previous film in the dual role of actor and director was Ankahee (1985).[1][2][3]
Plot
One needs a firm anchoring without which life gets scattered - just the way Keshav carried on for years. Keshav Vaze (Amol Palekar) is an eminent businessman who started his life struggle from a small village and is now an owner of his industrial empire. The business kept growing larger and larger making his days stacked with board meetings, conventions, tours, etc. Keshav became a dear public figure constantly surrounded by people... but the days ended in the cluttered darkness of his own melancholy. Years after years Keshav has hidden his grief within himself. On his 60th birthday, he decides to find serenity for himself and takes a major decision. Accidentally a slice of his frozen past gets scratched. Keshav suddenly has a glimpse of Shama (Sharmila Tagore), who was once the anchor of his existence. Her mesmerizing beauty, poise and silence suddenly personify his vacuum of last 30 years. Shama had chosen to be a recluse - hidden from the light of sunrise. Keshav strives to learn more about her. He realizes the mockery of their fate - both had drifted apart walking their separate paths... sharing their loneliness. Why did Keshav and Shama choose to live the way they did? What was the motivation behind their present? Do they find their lost love? Samaantar reveals lost traces of parallel folds!
Cast
- Amol Palekar as Keshav Vaze
- Sharmila Tagore as Shama Vaze
- Radhika Apte as Reva (Keshav's adopted daughter)
- Sameer Dharmadhikari as Dr. Paritosh (Keshav's biological son)
- Kishore Kadam as Dr. Nikumbh (Paritosh's colleague)
- Aishwarya Narkar as Nira Vaze (Keshav's niece)
- Makarand Deshpande as Makarand (Nira's estranged husband)
- Vandana Gupte as Jyotsna Saxena (Keshav's college friend)
Music
- "Kai Jahale Tula Mana Re" - Shreya Ghoshal, Shankar Mahadevan
- "Navika Re Hati Tuzya" - Sudesh Bhosale
- "Nuste Nuste Dole Bhartana" (duet) - Shreya Ghoshal, Shankar Mahadevan
- "Nuste Nuste Dole Bhartana" (female) - Shreya Ghoshal
- "Nuste Nuste Dole Bhartana" (male) - Shankar Mahadevan
References
- ↑ "A challenging role". The Hindu. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ↑ "Amol won't play Salman's dad!". The Times of India. 28 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ↑ "Indian cinema not just about Bollywood: Amol Palekar". ZEE News. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
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