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Katha

Katha

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 16, 1983

Runtime

2h 21m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

52%

Original Title

कथा

Production Companies

Devki Chitra

Director

Sai Paranjape

Description

A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Rajaram P. Joshi is a middle-class Clerk living in a chawl in Bombay. He is secretly in love with his neighbor, Sandhya Karnik but is unable to disclose his love for her. Rajaram's fast-tallking friend, Bashudev comes for a visit and makes himself at home. Bashudev starts wooing Sandhya and soon her parents decide to marry Sandhya and Bashudev, much to misery of Rajaram. But on the day of the engagement, Bashudev disappears, leaving behind a devastated, and pregnant Sandhya. Will Rajaram accept Sandhya?