Swami

Swami

Swami

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Swami

1977

2h 9m

4.0(2 votes)

Romance

Drama

Overview

Saudamini is a pampered girl until she is forced to marry the widower Ghanshyam and move into his large household. Saudamini cannot cope with her husband's overbearing and greedy stepmother and pines after the man she really loved and had to abandon, Narendra.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

Saudamini

Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad

Ghanshyam

Vikram

Narendra

Shashikala

Shashikala

Stepmother

Utpal Dutt

Utpal Dutt

Mini's Uncle

Dhiraj Kumar

Dharmendra

Dharmendra

Nautaki Dancer

Hema Malini

Hema Malini

Nautanki Dancer

Sudha Shivpuri

Sudha Shivpuri

Mini's Mother

Preeti Ganguli

Charu Devi

Creative team

Directed by: Basu Chatterjee
Written by: Basu Chatterjee
Manu Bhandari
Produced by: Jaya Chakraborty

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