Cast
Naseeruddin Shah 
Shabana Azmi 
Om Puri
Credits
Written by: Samaresh Basu Mohit Chatterjee 
Mrinal Sen Pathik Vats
Cinematography: Carlo Varini
Music: Ravi Shankar
Editing: Elisabeth Waelchli
Plot
Two men leave the world and attract a woman.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mrinal Sen's allegory follows two men who leave the world to live apart, and the woman who disrupts them. Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Om Puri star in a spare, parable-like film on hunger and desire.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (160 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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