Musafir (1986 film) explained

Musafir
Director:	Jabbar Patel
Producer:	Jabbar Patel D. V. Rao
Production Companies:	Swastika Motion Pictures
Runtime:	144 min
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi

Musafir is a 1986 Indian Hindi drama film written and directed by Jabbar Patel. Based on Vijay Tendulkar's Marathi play Ashi Pakhare Yeti, the film is part of India's neorealist art films, known in India as parallel cinema.^[1]

Cast

The cast is as follows:

• Rekha as Saraswasti Pillai
• Naseeruddin Shah as Sadanand
• Moon Moon Sen as Shyama
• Mohan Agashe as P A Pillai
• Benjamin Gilani as Anand
• Pankaj Kapur as Shankeran Pillai
• Usha Nadkarni as Parvati Pillai

Production

Filming of the film completed in 1986.^[1]

Release and reception

The film did not have a theatrical release,^[2] but was released on VHS.^[3] The National Film Development Corporation of India decided to restore it in 2010.^[4]

Sources

• Book: Arunachalam . Param . BollySwar: 1981 - 1990 . 14 April 2020 . Mavrix Infotech Private Limited . 978-81-938482-2-7 . en.
• Book: Rajadhyaksha . Ashish . Ashish Rajadhyaksha . Willemen . Paul . Paul Willemen . Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema . 1999 . Routledge . 978-1-135-94325-7 .

Notes and References

1. News: When Rekha said an art film is simply a low-budget film, performed a lovely rendition of Mehdi Hassan ghazal. Watch . 2 October 2022 . . 23 January 2022 . en.
2. News: Ghosh . Ananya . Lopez . Rachel . Meet the people who live and breathe Bollywood . 2 October 2022 . . 9 April 2016 . en.
3. News: Bhattacharjee . Rudradeep . 10 great RD Burman songs that you have probably never heard before . 2 October 2022 . . Jun 27, 2016.
4. News: Banerjee . Debesh . Khurana . Suanshu . Found & Lost . 2 October 2022 . The Indian Express . Jun 29, 2010.