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  • Zara Si Zindagi (1983)
  • 149 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Zara Si Zindagi (1983)
149 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Remake of Balachander's Tamil hit Varumayin Niram Sivappu, Kamal Haasan reprises his role as Raja, a graduate looking for work in capital, sharing a small home with two other unemployed youth. He falls in love with a struggling actress, ...See moreRemake of Balachander's Tamil hit Varumayin Niram Sivappu, Kamal Haasan reprises his role as Raja, a graduate looking for work in capital, sharing a small home with two other unemployed youth. He falls in love with a struggling actress, whose life is likewise wretched. Fairly unrelenting grim view of urban unemployment, with the usual dose of Balachander moralizing. The Tamil version with Bharati poems was somewhat more interesting. An interesting study of the perception of government. Written by Joyojeet Pal See less
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Jan 7, 1983 (India)

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10 cast members
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Kamal Haasan
Rakesh Kumar Shastri Rakesh Kumar Shastri   See fewer
Anita Raj
Kusum (as Anitaraj) Kusum (as Anitaraj)   See fewer
Arjun Chakraborty
Tilak (as Arjun Chakravarty) Tilak (as Arjun Chakravarty)   See fewer
Nilu Phule
Jaggu - Kusum's father Jaggu - Kusum's father   See fewer
Mazhar Khan
Pratap Sharma Pratap Sharma   See fewer
Shreeram Lagoo
Mr. Shastri - Rakesh's father Mr. Shastri - Rakesh's father   See fewer
Sulochana Latkar
Mrs. Shastri - Rakesh's mother Mrs. Shastri - Rakesh's mother   See fewer
Arun Bakshi
Arun Kumar (as Aroon Bakkshi) Arun Kumar (as Aroon Bakkshi)   See fewer
Rammohan Sharma
Mohanlal Sharma (as Ram Mohan) Mohanlal Sharma (as Ram Mohan)   See fewer
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