Rao Saheb

Rao Saheb

1985 · 123 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama

Adaptation of a literary work on the slow deterioration of an orthodox family, where the women are unable to achieve emancipation and the men succumb to insanity.

Directed by Vijaya Mehta · Written by Anil Chaudhary

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