Uski Roti : 1970
A desolate bus-stop on a highway…figure of a village woman – Balo' waiting to deliver a meal to Sucha Singh' the husband' a bus driver. He expects the traditional duties of an average Indian rural wife. Balo in turn accepts her husband's independent lifestyle.
Balo hurries to the bus-stop. She is late delivering the meal' trying to save her younger sister' Jinda' from being seduced by the village rake.
Awards: - National Award – 1971 Best Cinematography
Filmfare Critics Award – 1971 Best Film
Duvidha : 1973
A girl Lachhi' is married to a merchant's son' Kishanlal. He brings her to his village but leaves her immediately to go away on business. Lachhi is left to her own devices. Meanwhile a ghost falls in love with her and assumes the form of her husband and begins to live with her. Soon she finds herself pregnant with a child.
The husband returns…a dilemma arises…
The film moves on two planes – inside-outside' dark-light' a structure that exists in the folk tales and myths the world over.
Awards: National Award – 1974 Best Director
Filmfare Critics Award – 1974 Best Film
Berlin International Film Festival Form For New Cinema - 1975 Interim Award Recommendation
Nazar: 1990
After his wife's death' the husband recalls their first meeting and marriage. She was much younger than him. She used to pawn some things to an antique shop to make a little money. The husband is increasingly intrigued by her mind-set. As things develop' he finds out that she was an orphan living with two aunts. The film explores their complex life in a manner unusual for Indian cinema.
