Bazaar (1982 film)

Bazaar (Hindi: बाज़ार; English: Market) is a 1982 Indian drama film directed by Sagar Sarhadi and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil and Supriya Pathak. The film set in Hyderabad, India, highlights the issue of bride buying in India, through the tragedy of a young girl being sold by needy parents to affluent expartraite Indians in the Gulf.

Contents

• Sound track
• Cast
• References

The film has sterling performances from almost all the cast and is akin to some other movies in the 1980s which highlighted oppression by the rich and powerful. Bazaar ('marketplace') is a realistic portrayal and highlights a system which is difficult to change.

Sound track

All music composed by Khayyam.

Nearly 10 years after the film's release, song Karoge Yaad To Har Baat Yaad Aayegi was used in the 1995 album Saadgi.

Cast

Smita Patil as Najma

Naseeruddin Shah as Salim

Farooq Shaikh as Sarju

Supriya Pathak as Shabnam

Bharat Kapoor as Akhtar Hussain

B. L. Chopra as Shakir Ali Khan

Neesha Singh as Friend