Pinjra

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Pinjra

1972

2h 55m

9.5(2 votes)

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A respected village schoolteacher falls for a travelling dancer and faces a moral dilemma.

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Sandhya Shantaram

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Shreeram Lagoo

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Nilu Phule

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Vatsala Deshmukh

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Govind Kulkarni

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Manikraj

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Krishnakant Dalvi

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Sarla Yevlekar

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