1978. Muzaffar Ali's directorial debut. Farooq Shaikh. Smita Patil.
An unemployed, landless youth from UP goes to Bombay on the advice of his friend and struggles to make a living, between going back and surviving in this town. He learns to drive a taxi as are many of his people from UP. Seeing Bombay in those days is lovely. One of my all-time favourite songs 'Seene Mein Jalan' is from the movie too. Jalal Agha had the longest role I saw him in.
The second migrant movie I watched in the recent past - 'Dharavi' was one, and this.
Here's a lovely review by my friend Vijay Lokapally in the Hindu.
https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/gaman-1978/article5634901.ece
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