This movie is a very well acted and directed drama which deals with class issues, infidelity, female independence and a person's struggle between fulfilling their obligations towards their family or their own happiness. Raj Babbar plays the poet caught up in these emotions superbly. He does not come off as a regular villain or a anti hero but a human being. Smith Patil like always was awesome as the dutiful wife turned into a noble and self dependant woman. Anita Raaj was good too as the "other" woman whose love is for something more intellectual than just physical lust.
The movie moves at a fast clip and the music was really good. Kudos to Shabbir Kumar, he was the voice of the 80's. The screenplay does not gives its characters an easy way out of their problems and that's what makes it very realistic and thoughtful.
A hidden gem!!!
