In his debut feature film, Kumar Shahani employs highly innovative forms for depicting the conflict between oppressive feudal norms and a changing industrial landscape while making female sexuality and its complex mindscape the focus. The protagonist, Taran, the younger daughter of a Rajasthani zamindar revolts against the social code set by the class system by a sexual encounter with an engineer. This film was one of the earlier and successful examples experimentation in colour during the advent of New Indian cinema.

• DirectorKumar Shahani
• Release2 August 1973
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 47m
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  6.4
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  Film Finance Corporation, National Film Development Corporation of India