Copyright notice on disc: National Film Development Corporation Ltd. Vijaya Mehta, Manohar Singh, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Rohini Hattangadi, Nasseruddin Shah, Deepa Sahi, Ila Arun, K.K. Raina, Pearl Padamsee, Gulan kriplani, Jayant Kriplani, Vijay Kashyap, Deven Khote. "Cinemas of India"--Container. "Collector's edition"--Container. "Based on the Marathi play Pārṭī by Mahesh Elkunchwar"--Title frames. Originally released theatrically in 1984. Summary taken from container.
Summary:
Rich middle-aged widow Damayanti, a high society patron of the arts, hosts a party in honour of Diwakar Barve, a celebrated playwright and novelist, who has received a prestigious literary award. The party attracts the literary and cultural elite of the town, as also the faoning cognoscenti which trail in their wake. One name keeps cropping up in the course of the conversation - Amrit, the powerful poet, leaves a promising literary career to join the tribal people in their struggle against exploitation. His attempts to bridge the chasm between words and deed hanuts all others at the party. He is the invisible thread binding the tapestry of the film together, his enigmatic presence finally becoming more meaningful and poignant than the rest.
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