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Uski Roti (1970)
Directed by Mani Kaul
“A Day's Bread”
Drama · 1h 46m
The film depicts the life of a truck driver Sucha Singh and his wife Balo. Balo has to get Sucha Singh's food ready every day, walk a long distance through the fields and wait for him on the highway as he drives past the village. He leads an independent life, playing cards with his friends and spending time with his mistress, and comes home only once a week. However, he expects his wife to play the traditional role of a devoted wife. One day Balo gets late, trying to save her sister from the advances of a lecherous villager. Sucha Singh is angry, and drives away without his food. She decides to wait for him until nightfall.
Cast
Garima
Gurdeep Singh
Savita Bajaj
John Abraham
Crew
- Director
- Mani Kaul
- Screenplay
- Mani Kaul
- Director of Photography
- K.K. Mahajan
- Editor
- Hemant Bose
- Producer
- Rochak Pandit
Details
- Original title
- उसकी रोटी
- Release date
- 1970-01-02
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- HI
- Spoken languages
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
- Production
- National Film Development Corporation of India, Rochak Pandit Productions