A woman's happiness crumbles like wet newspaper in 1981 Marathi melodrama that doesn't know when to quit.
Ratna is married off into a rich family and leads a happy existence with her husband. But the doings of a relative and her husband's tragic death push her down a road full of trials and tribulations.
Acting
Ranjana's transformation from blushing bride to devastated widow.
Production
Authentic 1980s rural Maharashtra that feels lived-in, not staged.
Director
Rajdutt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Marathi cinema's parallel movement, this mainstream melodrama borrowed neo-realist techniques to make poverty visceral rather than picturesque.
Reema Lagoo's Hausa became a template for the 'toxic relative' archetype in Indian family dramas for decades after.
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