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Chakra is a 1981 Hindi movie directed by Rabindra Dharmaraj. The film stars Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.

Chakra
DVD cover
Directed by	Rabindra Dharmaraj
Written by	Jaywant Dalvi
Produced by	Pradeep Uppoor
Starring	Smita Patil Naseeruddin Shah Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Cinematography	Barun Mukherjee
Music by	Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Distributed by	Neo Films
Release date	1981 (1981) (India)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

Amma (Smita Patil) and her son Benwa (Ranjit Chowdhry) become Bombay's slum-dwellers after running away from their village after her husband kills a moneylender who tried to rape her. The husband is then shot trying to steal some tin to build a hut.

In Bombay, Amma has a lover who provides for her and her son. Since the lover is a truck driver who travels most of the time, Amma takes on another lover – a vain pimp and petty crook, Lukka (Naseeruddin Shah), who becomes Benwa's idol. Lukka is on parole and ordered to be present before the police every day.

Benwa marries the young Amli (Alka Kubal). Amma meanwhile becomes pregnant, though it is never clear whose child it is. Amma, of course, lets Anna (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) know that it is his because she knows that of her two lovers, he alone is capable and responsible enough to take care of her and her child.

Lukka reappears, ravaged by syphilis and drugs; he is now a changed man and is disenchanted with the criminal life. But he still lives a life of crime and it is implied that there is no other choice for him. He even tries to dissuade Benwa from a life of crime without much success. Lukka is assaulted by the police at his illicit liquor den. The climax has Lukka assaulting a chemist who refuses to give him medicines unless he pays for it. Lukka grabs some medicines and makes a run for it, is chased by the police and hides in Amma's hut. The cops find him and arrest both him and Benwa, beating them brutally in the process. Amma has a miscarriage in the scuffle. In the end, bulldozers arrives to flatten the entire slum. A sort of exodus is shown in the final moments of the movie – and Benwa and Amli move on to a new slum, and a new shanty hut to continue the Chakra.

Cast

• Smita Patil as Amma
• Dilip Dhawan as Anna's husband
• Kaluram Dhobale as Child
• Arun Bakshi as Police inspector
• Naseeruddin Shah as Looka
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Anna
• Rohini Hattangadi as Laxmi
• Ranjit Chowdhry as Benwa[1]
• Salim Ghouse as Raghu
• Anjali Paigankar as Chenna
• Savita Bajaj as mentally challenged Chamnya's mother
• Suresh Bhagwat as Sweeper
• Yunus Parvez as Minister
• Suhas Bhalekar as drunkard in slums
• Alka Kubal as Amli
• Sudhir Pandey as Bhandari
• Uttam Sirur as Chamnya
• Sharayu Bhopatkar as Bhagi
• Satish Kaushik as bootpolish guy
• Madan Jain as Amli's brother
• Sumant Mastakar as Amli's father
• Ratan Gaurang as watchman

Awards & nominations

Year	Category	Recipient(s)	Results
Filmfare Awards
1982	Best Film	Pradeep Uppoor	Nominated
	Best Director	Rabindra Dharmaraj	Nominated
	Best Actor	Nasseruddin Shah	Won
	Best Actress	Smita Patil	Won
	Best Story	Jaywant Dalvi	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	Bansi Chandragupta	Won
Locarno International Film Festival
1981	Golden Leopard	Rabindra Dharmaraj	Won
	Prize of the Ecumenical Jury		Won
National Film Awards
1981	Best Actress	Smita Patil	Won

References

External links

• Chakra at IMDb

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