Jeevan Dhaara is a 1982 Indian

Cinema of India

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 Bollywood

Bollywood

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 film directed by Tatineni Rama Rao. The film stars Rekha, Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar is a Hindi & Punjabi film actor since 1977 and the current Member of Parliament from Firozabad which he won by defeating Dimple Yadav, wife of Akhilesh Yadav & daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav. This is his fourth term as MP, in previous terms he was the part of Samajwadi...

, Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar is an Indian actor of the 1970s and a director of Hindi and Marathi cinema.-Theater career:Palekar began in Marathi experimental theatre with Satyadev Dubey, and later started his own group, Aniket, in 1972 [citation needed]...

, Sulochana Latkar, Simple Kapadia

Simple Kapadia

Simple Kapadia was a Bollywood actress and costume designer.Simple Kapadia began her career when she was 18 years old. She made her acting debut in 1977 in the film...

 and Rakesh Roshan

Rakesh Roshan

Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan (Hindi: राकेश रोशन (born Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath on 6 September 1949 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a producer, director and former actor in Bollywood films who was born in a Punjabi Hindu Kayastha family...

. The movie belongs to Art Cinema genre, also known as Parallel Cinema

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. Rekha received a nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award

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, the only nomination for the film. She is credited with the film's box office success.

Plot

Sangeeta (Rekha) is a young, strong and idealistic girl. She is 25 years old, but unlike her contemporaries, she is still not married. The reason for this is her being a member of a poor family. Her father left the family; Her mother is an old homemaker; Her elder sister is a young widow; Her nephews have to go to school while their father, Her brother is an inebriated and unemployed man. All the members of this family live in one little house. She is the only one who takes care of them. She is the only one who works to support the family. She is concerned for her nephews' future and makes her best to bring them up and educate them.

However, secretly, she dreams of the day when she could also have her own family, husband and children. Will this day come ever?

Cast

• Rekha
• Raj Babbar
  Raj Babbar
  Raj Babbar is a Hindi & Punjabi film actor since 1977 and the current Member of Parliament from Firozabad which he won by defeating Dimple Yadav, wife of Akhilesh Yadav & daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav. This is his fourth term as MP, in previous terms he was the part of Samajwadi...
  
  
• Amol Palekar
  Amol Palekar
  Amol Palekar is an Indian actor of the 1970s and a director of Hindi and Marathi cinema.-Theater career:Palekar began in Marathi experimental theatre with Satyadev Dubey, and later started his own group, Aniket, in 1972 [citation needed]...
  
  
• Simple Kapadia
  Simple Kapadia
  Simple Kapadia was a Bollywood actress and costume designer.Simple Kapadia began her career when she was 18 years old. She made her acting debut in 1977 in the film...
  
  
• Rakesh Roshan
  Rakesh Roshan
  Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan (Hindi: राकेश रोशन (born Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath on 6 September 1949 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a producer, director and former actor in Bollywood films who was born in a Punjabi Hindu Kayastha family...
  
  
• Sulochana Latkar