Samaantar

Samaantar (Parallel) is a 2009 Marathi film directed by Amol Palekar and starring Palekar himself and Sharmila Tagore in the lead roles.[1] This is Sharmila's first Marathi film. Director Amol Palekar's previous film in the dual role of actor-director was Ankahee (1985).[2][3]

Samaantar
DVD cover
Directed byAmol Palekar
Written bySandhya Gokhale
StarringAmol Palekar
Sharmila Tagore
Music byAnand Modak
CinematographyAsim Bose
Edited byAbhijit Deshpande
Production
company
Reliance Big Pictures
Distributed byReliance Big Pictures
Release date
  • 4 September 2009 (2009-09-04)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Plot

Keshav Vaze (Amol Palekar) is an eminent businessman who has grown into an industrialist struggling through his life and rising from a small village. He is separated from his college sweetheart Shama (Sharmila Tagore) due to an earthquake in which he loses his family and is left to take care of several young siblings, cousins. Shama is bearing a child of Keshav and goes into a state of shock and dismay when he does not return for months. When Keshav returns, he does not find Shama where he left her and assumes she is dead after a few years. At his 60th birthday, a glimpse of Shama strikes him of how he and his yesteryear soulmate have walked on different and parallel ways.

Cast

References
  1. "A challenging role". The Hindu. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  2. "Amol won't play Salman's dad!". Mumbai Mirror. The Times of India. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  3. "Indian cinema not just about Bollywood: Amol Palekar". ZEE News. 5 September 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2012.


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