My Amphitheatré

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‘samaantar’ talks about a simple lost and found tale of a man and a woman, but in an artistic manner. Keshav Vaze( Amol Palekar) a sixty year old successful industrialist expresses his desire to retire from business, when he feels that as a guardian of his brother’s children, he has done his duty and has now reached a stage to retire from his life too. Keshav, who as a youngster is a mute witness to a major tragedy at his village with the death of his near and dear ones, takes up the responsibility to support his brother’s children, sacrificing his own life.

‘Samaantar’ unfolds the mystery behind his decision of calling for early declaration from life, when he visits Kolkutta on an invitation from a medical foundation, where he has donated a huge sum for construction of a Hospital. He meets Kshama,( Sharmila Tagore) his long lost beloved, who has been living a silent life along with her son, who is a Psychiatrist. Kshama is living like a patient still under trauma, who does not talk to anyone but does her job as a sculptor. Even her son, with whom she converses very little, is not able to understand the reason behind such a behaviour.

‘Samaantar’ does not bring out the past relationship between the two in their first meeting after years, but unfolds the same in the very next meeting, when Vaze’s adopted daughter Rewa brings him to Kolkatta , for a change, after noticing his withdrawal symptoms from the family members. It is at this stage, the script reveals the background of the relationship between the two.

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चित्रपट : समांतर
निर्देशक : अमोल पालेकर