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{{Infobox film
| name = Umbartha
| image = Umbartha film cover.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Film poster.
| director = [[Jabbar Patel]]
| producer = [[Jabbar Patel]] [[D. V. Rao]]
| writer = [[Vijay Tendulkar]] [[Vasant Dev]] (dialogue)
| based_on = {{based on|Marathi novel ''Beghar''|Shanta Nisal}}
| screenplay = Vijay Tendulkar
| narrator =
| starring = [[Smita Patil]] [[Girish Karnad]] Shrikant Moghe Ashalata Wabgaonkar Kusum Kulkarni Purnima Ganu
| music = [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]] [[Ravindra Sathe]] (background score)
| cinematography = Rajan Kinagi
| editing = N. S. Vaidya
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1982|||df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Umbartha''''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: Umbaraṭhā; {{lang-en|The Doorstep}}) is a 1982 Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language film produced by [[D. V. Rao]] and directed and coproduced by [[Jabbar Patel]]. The film is a story of a woman's dream to step outside her four walled home and bring change in the society. [[Smita Patil]] played the lead protagonist in the film for which she won ''Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar'' for Best Actress. The film was adjudged as the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]] at the [[29th National Film Awards]] for "a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family".<ref name="29thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm29thNFAAward.aspx|title=29th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=8 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="29thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|title=29th National Film Awards (PDF)|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref>

The film is based on a Marathi novel ''Beghar'' ({{trans|Homeless}}) by Shanta Nisal and was also simultaneously made in Hindi as ''Subah'' with the same cast.

==Plot==
Sulabha Mahajan (played by [[Smita Patil]]) is a woman who dreams to step out of the four walls of the house, assume greater responsibility as a citizen and play an important role in shaping the society. She has passion to do something constructive for the abused, assaulted, neglected and traumatized womenfolk of the society she lives in. She gets a job offer as Superintendent of a Women's Reformatory Home in a remote town of Sangamwadi. The job offer raises objections from her lawyer husband Subhash (played by [[Girish Karnad]]) and conservative mother-in-law who refuse to understand her need to move to the town and work for rehabilitation of the women. But her sister-in-law supports her by offering help in looking after her young daughter Rani. Determined Sulabha then goes ahead with her dream job.

She meets various challenges in her new endeavor. She starts with bringing discipline in the Home and also discovers frauds that take place there. But she is not helped by the managing committee which is filled with selfish and careless people. She hence decides to take steps against their sanction. She starts some classes to educate willing women and also marries off one of the inmates in order to give a new start to her life. She discovers how a local [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] Bane has been regularly using the inmates of the home to satisfy his sexual needs. Two of the inmates decide to run away but are forcefully brought back to the home. They both commit suicide by burning themselves. Sulabha is then questioned by committee and newspapers for her improper control on the home. An administrative enquiry is set up against her. It is then that she decides to resign and give up all her work and return home.

When she returns to her home she is happily welcomed by her sister-in-law but not so much by her daughter and mother-in-law. She then comes to know that her husband Subhash has been involved with another woman in her absence. His betrayal changes her mind and she again sets off to follow her dream work.

==Cast==
* [[Smita Patil]] as Sulabha Mahajan
* [[Girish Karnad]] as Advocate Subhash Mahajan
* Shrikant Moghe as Dr. Mohan Mahajan (Subhash's elder brother)
* [[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]] as Maya Mahajan (Mohan's wife)
* Kusum Kulkarni as Mrs. Mahajan (Sulabha's mother-in-law)
* Purnima Ganu as Rani
* Radha Karnad as young Rani
* [[Satish Alekar]] as Walimbe (principal)
* Mukund Chitale as Gate-man
* Surekha Divakar as Farida
* Daya Dongre as Chairman Sheela Samson
* [[Ravi Patwardhan]] as MLA Bane
* Vijay Joshi as Peon
* Jayamala Kale as Sugandha
* Sandhya Kale as Heera, Clerk / Typist
* Swaroopa Khopikar as Utpala Joshi
* Manorama Wagle as Warden of Reformatory Home

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack of the film is composed by [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]] on lyrics written by [[Vasant Bapat]] and [[Suresh Bhat]]. All songs are sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]], except "Ganjalya Othas Majhya" which is sung by [[Ravindra Sathe]].
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Sunya Sunya Maifilit Majhya| extra1 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]] | lyrics1 = | length1 = 04:22
| title2 = Ganjalya Onthas Majhya | extra2 = [[Ravindra Sathe]] | lyrics2 = | length2 = 04:47
| title3 = Chand Matala Matala| extra3 = Lata Mangeshkar | lyrics3 = | length3 = 05:45
| title4 = Gagan Sadan Tejomay| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar | lyrics4 = | length4 = 04:37
}}

==Awards==
* 1982 – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
* 1982 – [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] – Best Film
* 1982 – [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] – Best Director – [[Jabbar Patel]]
* 1982 – [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] – Best Actress – [[Smita Patil]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0084840|Umbartha}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Marathi}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Films about women in India]]
[[Category:Indian LGBT-related films]]
[[Category:Lesbian-related films]]
[[Category:Women in prison films]]
[[Category:Indian prison films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Vijay Tendulkar]]
[[Category:Best Marathi Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:1980s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]

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