Aandhi = Āndhī / Filmyug Pvt. Ltd. ; J. OM. Prakash, producer ; written and directed by Gulzar.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gulazāra, screenwriter, director.

Prakash, J. Om, producer.

Sanjeev Kumar, actor.

Sena, Sucitrā, actor.

Prakash, Om, actor.

Shivpuri, Om, actor.

Filmyug (Firm), producer.

Sangeet Video (Firm), distributor.

Language:

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Kamaleśvara, 1932-2007--Film adaptations.

Kamaleśvara.

Kamaleśvara, 1932-2007.

Women politicians.

India.

Women politicians--India--Drama.

Motion pictures, Indic.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Motion pictures, Indic.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (135 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Āndhī

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified]: [Sangeet Video [distributor], [between 1990 and 1999?]

Language Note:

In Hindi.

System Details:

VHS - NTSC

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

A woman politician, Aarti Devi, fights an election against the powerful Chandersen. Her headquarters are in a hotel owned and managed by her estranged husband J.K. Their memories of life together are intercut with the elction campaign. The opposition turns her nightly meetings with her ex-husband into a scandal. She eventually wins the election following an impassioned speech from Chandersen's platform in which she proclaims the man to be her husband and insists on her right to marital privacy.

Participant:

Sanjeev Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Om Prakash, Om Shivpuri.

Credits:

Screenplay, dialogue and lyrics, Gulzar ; music, R.D. Burman.

Notes:

Video release of the 1975 motion picture.

Based on a story by Kamleshwar about a woman whose political career and life are similar to that of Indira Gandhi.

OCLC:

23320266