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{{Infobox film
| name = Umbartha
| name = Umbartha
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| image = Umbartha film cover.jpg
| film name = उंबरठा
| image = Umbartha.jpg
| caption = Film poster
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| caption = Umbartha VCD cover
| director = [[Jabbar Patel]]
| director = [[Jabbar Patel]]
| producer = [[Jabbar Patel]]<br/>[[D. V. Rao]]
| producer = [[Jabbar Patel]]<br/>D. V. Rao
| writer = [[Vijay Tendulkar]]<br/>[[Vasant Dev]] <small>(dialogue)</small>
| writer = [[Vijay Tendulkar]]<br/>[[Vasant Dev]] <small>(dialogue)</small>
| based on = {{based on|Marathi novel ''Beghar''|Shanta Nisal}}
| based_on = {{based on|Marathi novel ''Beghar''|Shanta Nisal}}
| screenplay = Vijay Tendulkar
| screenplay = Vijay Tendulkar
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Smita Patil]]<br/>[[Girish Karnad]]<br/>Shrikant Moghe<br/>Ashalata Wabgaonkar<br/>Kusum Kulkarni<br/>Purnima Ganu
| starring = [[Smita Patil]]<br/>[[Girish Karnad]]<br/>Shrikant Moghe<br/>Ashalata Wabgaonkar<br/>Kusum Kulkarni<br/>Purnima Ganu
| music = [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]]<br/>[[Ravindra Sathe]] (background score)
| music = [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]]<br/>[[Ravindra Sathe]] (background score)
| cinematography = Rajan Kinagi
| cinematography = Rajan Kinagi
| editing = N. S. Vaidya
| editing = [[N. S. Vaidya]]
| distributor =
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| released = {{Film date|1982|||df=y}}
| released = {{Film date|1982|01|01|df=y}}
| runtime =
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| country = [[India]]
| country = India
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
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'''''Umbartha''''' ([[IPA]]:Umbaraṭhā) ({{lang-mr|उंबरठा}}; {{lang-en|Threshold}}) is a 1982 [[Marathi cinema|Marathi film]] produced by [[D. V. Rao]] and directed and coproduced by [[Jabbar Patel|Dr. Jabbar Patel]]. The film is a story of a woman's dream to step outside her four walled home and bring change in the society. [[Smita Patil]] played the lead protagonist in the film for which she won ''Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar'' for Best Actress. The film was adjudged as the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]] at the [[29th National Film Awards]] for "a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family".<ref name="29thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm29thNFAAward.aspx|title=29th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=October 8, 2011}}</ref><ref name="29thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|title=29th National Film Awards (PDF)|accessdate=October 4, 2011}}</ref>
'''''Umbartha''''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: Umbaraṭhā; {{langx|en|The Doorstep}}) is a 1982 Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language film produced by D. V. Rao and directed and coproduced by [[Jabbar Patel]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-06-16 |title=‘Umbartha’ director recalls making of the film, working with Girish Karnad |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/umbartha-director-recalls-making-of-the-film-working-with-girish-karnad/articleshow/69807045.cms?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM= |access-date=2023-10-20 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The film is a story of a woman's dream to step outside her four walled home and bring change in the society.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daoo |first=Arya |date=2023-03-21 |title=Umbartha: Women Finding Home Within Women |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2023/03/22/umbartha-women-finding-home-within-women/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Feminism in India |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Smita Patil]] played the lead protagonist in the film for which she won ''Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar'' for Best Actress. The film was adjudged as the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]] at the [[29th National Film Awards]] for "a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family".<ref name="29thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm29thNFAAward.aspx|title=29th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=8 October 2011|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203044324/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm29thNFAAward.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="29thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|title=29th National Film Awards (PDF)|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref>


The film is based on a Marathi novel "Beghar" (translation: Homeless) by Shanta Nisal and was also simultaneously made in Hindi as ''Subah'' with the same cast.
The film is based on a Marathi novel ''Beghar'' ({{trans|Homeless}}) by Shanta Nisal and was also simultaneously made in Hindi as ''Subah'' with the same cast. This film also tells the social issues on [[LGBT|LGBTQ]] in 80s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marathi Film "Umbartha", Through The Queer Lens. |url=https://gaysifamily.com/culture/marathi-film-umbartha-through-the-queer-lens/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Gaysi |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Sulabha Mahajan (played by [[Smita Patil]]) is a woman who dreams to step out of the four walls of the house, assume greater responsibility as a citizen and play an important role in shaping the society. She has passion to do something constructive for the abused, assaulted, neglected and traumatized womenfolk of the society she lives in. She gets a job offer as Superintendent of a Women's Reformatory Home in a remote town of Sangamwadi. The job offer raises objections from her lawyer husband Subhash (played by [[Girish Karnad]]) and conservative mother-in-law who refuse to understand her need to move to the town and work for rehabilitation of the women. But her sister-in-law supports her by offering help in looking after her young daughter Rani. Determined Sulabha then goes ahead with her dream job.
Sulabha Mahajan is a woman who dreams to step out of the four walls of the house, assume greater responsibility as a citizen and play an important role in shaping the society. She has passion to do something constructive for the abused, assaulted, neglected and traumatized womenfolk of the society she lives in. She gets a job offer as Superintendent of a Women's Reformatory Home in a remote town of Sangamwadi. The job offer raises objections from her lawyer husband Subhash and conservative mother-in-law who refuse to understand her need to move to the town and work for rehabilitation of the women. But her sister-in-law supports her by offering help in looking after her young daughter Rani. Determined Sulabha then goes ahead with her dream job.


She meets various challenges in her new endeavor. She starts with bringing discipline in the Home and also discovers frauds that take place there. But she is not helped by the managing committee which is filled with selfish and careless people. She hence decides to take steps against their sanction. She starts some classes to educate willing women and also marries off one of the inmates in order to give a new start to her life. She discovers how a local [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] Bane has been regularly using the inmates of the home to satisfy his sexual needs. Two of the inmates decide to run away but are forcefully brought back to the home. They both commit suicide by burning themselves. Sulabha is then questioned by committee and newspapers for her improper control on the home. An administrative enquiry is set up against her. It is then that she decides to resign and give up all her work and return home.
She meets various challenges in her new endeavor. She starts with bringing discipline in the Home and also discovers frauds that take place there. But she is not helped by the managing committee which is filled with selfish and careless people. She hence decides to take steps against their sanction. She starts some classes to educate willing women and also marries off one of the inmates in order to give a new start to her life. She discovers how a local [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] Bane has been regularly using the inmates of the home to satisfy his sexual needs. Two of the inmates decide to run away but are forcefully brought back to the home. They both commit suicide by burning themselves. Sulabha is then questioned by committee and newspapers for her improper control on the home. An administrative enquiry is set up against her. It is then that she decides to resign and give up all her work and return home.


When she returns to her home she is happily welcomed by her sister-in-law but not so much by her mother-in-law. She then comes to know that her husband Subhash has been involved with another woman in her absence. His betrayal changes her mind and she again sets off to follow her dream work.
When she returns to her home she is happily welcomed by her sister-in-law but not so much by her daughter and mother-in-law. She then discovers that her husband Subhash has been involved with another woman in her absence. His betrayal changes her mind and she again sets off to follow her dream work.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Smita Patil]] as Sulabha Mahajan
* [[Smita Patil]] as Sulabha Mahajan
* [[Girish Karnad]] as Advocate Subhash Mahajan
* [[Girish Karnad]] as Advocate Subhash Mahajan
* Shrikant Moghe as Dr. Mohan Mahajan (Subhash's elder brother)
* [[Shrikant Moghe]] as Dr. Mohan Mahajan (Subhash's elder brother)
* [[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]] as Maya Mahajan (Mohan's wife)
* [[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]] as Maya Mahajan (Mohan's wife)
* Kusum Kulkarni as Mrs. Mahajan (Sulabha's mother-in-law)
* Kusum Kulkarni as Mrs. Mahajan (Sulabha's mother-in-law)
* Purnima Ganu as Rani
* Pournima Ganu (Manohar) as Rani
* Radha Karnad as young Rani
* Radha Karnad as young Rani
* [[Satish Alekar]] as Walimbe (principal)
* [[Satish Alekar]] as Walimbe (principal)
* Mukund Chitale as Gate-man
* Mukund Chitale as Gate-man
* Surekha Divakar as Farida
* Surekha Divakar as Farida
* Daya Dongre as Chairman Sheela Samson
* Daya Dongre as Chairman Sheela Samson
* Ravi Patwardhan as MLA Bane
* [[Ravi Patwardhan]] as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] Bane
* Vijay Joshi as Peon
* Vijay Joshi as Peon
* Jayamala Kale as Sugandha
* Jayamala Kale as Sugandha
* Sandhya Kale as Heera, Clerk / Typist
* Sandhya Kale as Heera, Clerk / Typist
* Swaroopa Khopikar as Utpala Joshi
* Swaroopa Khopkar as Utpala Joshi
* Manorama Wagle as Warden of Reformatory Home
* Manorama Wagle as Kamalabai


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack of the film is composed by [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]] on lyrics written by [[Vasant Bapat]] and [[Suresh Bhat]]. All songs are sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]], except "Ganjalya Othas Majhya" which is sung by [[Ravindra Sathe]].
The soundtrack of the film is composed by [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]] on lyrics written by [[Vasant Bapat]] and [[Suresh Bhat]]. All songs are sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]], except "Ganjalya Othas Majhya" which is sung by [[Ravindra Sathe]]. "Sunya Sunya Maifilit Majhya" became the most popular song that time.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=The story of the song “Sunya Sunya Maifilit Mazya” जयश्री गडकर, स्मिता पाटील Lata Mangeshkar, movie : Umbartha |url=https://veerites.wordpress.com/2021/02/09/the-story-of-the-song-sunya-sunya-maifilit-mazya-/ |access-date= |website=veerites |language=en}}</ref>
{{Track listing5
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| lyrics_credits = no
| title1 = Sunya Sunya Maifilit Majhya| extra1 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]] | lyrics1 = | length1 = 04:22
| title1 = Sunya Sunya Maifilit Majhya| extra1 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]] | lyrics1 = | length1 = 04:22
| title2 = Ganjalya Onthas Majhya | extra2 = [[Ravindra Sathe]] | lyrics2 = | length2 = 04:47
| title2 = Ganjalya Onthas Majhya | extra2 = [[Ravindra Sathe]] | lyrics2 = | length2 = 04:47
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==Awards==
==Awards==
* 1982 - [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
* 1982 – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
* 1982 - [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] - Best Film
* 1982 – [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] – [[Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
* 1982 - [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] - Best Director - [[Jabbar Patel]]
* 1982 – [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] – [[Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – [[Jabbar Patel]]
* 1982 - [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] - Best Actress - [[Smita Patil]]
* 1982 – [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] – [[Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] – [[Smita Patil]]
* 1981 - [[Filmfare Awards Marathi]] - [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Marathi|Best Actress]].


==References==
==References==
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* {{IMDb title|0084840|Umbartha}}
* {{IMDb title|0084840|Umbartha}}


{{National Film Awards}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Marathi}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Marathi}}


[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films about women in India]]
[[Category:Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian LGBTQ-related films]]
[[Category:Lesbian-related films]]
[[Category:Women in prison films]]
[[Category:Indian prison films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Vijay Tendulkar]]
[[Category:Best Marathi Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:1980s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Jabbar Patel]]
[[Category:Indian feminist films]]
[[Category:Films about the caste system in India]]
[[Category:Films about sexual harassment]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police]]
[[Category:Indian legal drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:1982 LGBTQ-related films]]

Latest revision as of 19:02, 7 November 2024

Umbartha
Film poster
Directed byJabbar Patel
Written byVijay Tendulkar
Vasant Dev (dialogue)
Screenplay byVijay Tendulkar
Based onMarathi novel Beghar
by Shanta Nisal
Produced byJabbar Patel
D. V. Rao
StarringSmita Patil
Girish Karnad
Shrikant Moghe
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
Kusum Kulkarni
Purnima Ganu
CinematographyRajan Kinagi
Edited byN. S. Vaidya
Music byHridaynath Mangeshkar
Ravindra Sathe (background score)
Release date
  • 1 January 1982 (1982-01-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Umbartha (IPA: Umbaraṭhā; English: The Doorstep) is a 1982 Indian Marathi-language film produced by D. V. Rao and directed and coproduced by Jabbar Patel.[1] The film is a story of a woman's dream to step outside her four walled home and bring change in the society.[2] Smita Patil played the lead protagonist in the film for which she won Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar for Best Actress. The film was adjudged as the Best Feature Film in Marathi at the 29th National Film Awards for "a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family".[3][4]

The film is based on a Marathi novel Beghar (transl. Homeless) by Shanta Nisal and was also simultaneously made in Hindi as Subah with the same cast. This film also tells the social issues on LGBTQ in 80s.[5]

Plot

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Sulabha Mahajan is a woman who dreams to step out of the four walls of the house, assume greater responsibility as a citizen and play an important role in shaping the society. She has passion to do something constructive for the abused, assaulted, neglected and traumatized womenfolk of the society she lives in. She gets a job offer as Superintendent of a Women's Reformatory Home in a remote town of Sangamwadi. The job offer raises objections from her lawyer husband Subhash and conservative mother-in-law who refuse to understand her need to move to the town and work for rehabilitation of the women. But her sister-in-law supports her by offering help in looking after her young daughter Rani. Determined Sulabha then goes ahead with her dream job.

She meets various challenges in her new endeavor. She starts with bringing discipline in the Home and also discovers frauds that take place there. But she is not helped by the managing committee which is filled with selfish and careless people. She hence decides to take steps against their sanction. She starts some classes to educate willing women and also marries off one of the inmates in order to give a new start to her life. She discovers how a local MLA Bane has been regularly using the inmates of the home to satisfy his sexual needs. Two of the inmates decide to run away but are forcefully brought back to the home. They both commit suicide by burning themselves. Sulabha is then questioned by committee and newspapers for her improper control on the home. An administrative enquiry is set up against her. It is then that she decides to resign and give up all her work and return home.

When she returns to her home she is happily welcomed by her sister-in-law but not so much by her daughter and mother-in-law. She then discovers that her husband Subhash has been involved with another woman in her absence. His betrayal changes her mind and she again sets off to follow her dream work.

Cast

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  • Smita Patil as Sulabha Mahajan
  • Girish Karnad as Advocate Subhash Mahajan
  • Shrikant Moghe as Dr. Mohan Mahajan (Subhash's elder brother)
  • Ashalata Wabgaonkar as Maya Mahajan (Mohan's wife)
  • Kusum Kulkarni as Mrs. Mahajan (Sulabha's mother-in-law)
  • Pournima Ganu (Manohar) as Rani
  • Radha Karnad as young Rani
  • Satish Alekar as Walimbe (principal)
  • Mukund Chitale as Gate-man
  • Surekha Divakar as Farida
  • Daya Dongre as Chairman Sheela Samson
  • Ravi Patwardhan as MLA Bane
  • Vijay Joshi as Peon
  • Jayamala Kale as Sugandha
  • Sandhya Kale as Heera, Clerk / Typist
  • Swaroopa Khopkar as Utpala Joshi
  • Manorama Wagle as Kamalabai

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack of the film is composed by Hridaynath Mangeshkar on lyrics written by Vasant Bapat and Suresh Bhat. All songs are sung by Lata Mangeshkar, except "Ganjalya Othas Majhya" which is sung by Ravindra Sathe. "Sunya Sunya Maifilit Majhya" became the most popular song that time.[6]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Sunya Sunya Maifilit Majhya"Lata Mangeshkar04:22
2."Ganjalya Onthas Majhya"Ravindra Sathe04:47
3."Chand Matala Matala"Lata Mangeshkar05:45
4."Gagan Sadan Tejomay"Lata Mangeshkar04:37

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "'Umbartha' director recalls making of the film, working with Girish Karnad". The Times of India. 16 June 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. ^ Daoo, Arya (21 March 2023). "Umbartha: Women Finding Home Within Women". Feminism in India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "29th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  4. ^ "29th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Marathi Film "Umbartha", Through The Queer Lens". Gaysi. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. ^ "The story of the song "Sunya Sunya Maifilit Mazya" जयश्री गडकर, स्मिता पाटील Lata Mangeshkar, movie : Umbartha". veerites.
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