After her husband’s death, Mrs. Mahajan runs a prosperous household with her two sons, while her daughter-in-law Sulabha grows increasingly restless in her domestic role. When she accepts a job as a Superintendent of a distant women’s reformatory against her family’s wishes, she sets out to seek her independence and pursue a career in social service.

Umbartha (1982)

★ 6.9/10 July 20, 1982 149 min

Drama

Director: Jabbar Patel  ·  Writer: Vijay Tendulkar

After her husband’s death, Mrs. Mahajan runs a prosperous household with her two sons, while her daughter-in-law Sulabha grows increasingly restless in her domestic role. When she accepts a job as a Superintendent of a distant women’s reformatory against her family’s wishes, she sets out to seek her independence and pursue a career in social service.

Director

Jabbar Patel

Cast

Smita Patil Sulabha Mahajan Girish Karnad Subhash Mahajan Shrikant Moghe Mohan Mahajan Ashalata Wabgaonkar Maya Mahajan Daya Dongre Chairman Sheela Samson Kusum Kulkarni Nani Jayamala Kale Sugandha Ravi Patwardhan Aamdar Bane Pournima Ganu Rani Radha Karnad Younger Rani Shriram Ranade Tirodkar Satish Alekar Vazhimbe