Katha (1983 film)

Katha English Story Hindi is a 1983 Hindi film by Sai Paranjpye featuring Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval in the main roles. The film is about the daily lives of people living in a Mumbai chawl.

The film is loosely based on the classical Indian folktale of the hare and the tortoise, providing a modern interpretation of the same. Even though the good tortoise may win in the end, is it worth the wait? It is based on S.G.Sathyes Marathi play Sasa aani Kasav Hare and Tortoise.The tortoise Rajaram P. Joshi Naseeruddin Shah is a middleclass clerk living in a chawl middleclass apartment complex in Bombay. He is secretly in love with his neighbor, Sandhya Sabnis Deepti Naval but is unable to disclose his love for her, mainly due to his timidity. Rajaram is a very goodnatured and hardworking man. Most of his neighbors and colleagues take advantage of his goodness. ........

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