Umbartha
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. 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 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".
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| Directed by | Jabbar Patel |
| Written by | Vijay Tendulkar Vasant Dev (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Vijay Tendulkar |
| Based on | Marathi novel Beghar by Shanta Nisal |
| Produced by | Jabbar Patel D. V. Rao |
| Starring | Smita Patil Girish Karnad Shrikant Moghe Ashalata Wabgaonkar Kusum Kulkarni Purnima Ganu |
| Cinematography | Rajan Kinagi |
| Edited by | N. S. Vaidya |
| Music by | Hridaynath Mangeshkar Ravindra Sathe (background score) |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
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.