Chakra is a 1981 Hindi movie directed by Rabindra Dharmaraj. The film stars Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.

Plot

Amma (Smita Patil) and her son Benwa (Ranjit Chowdhry) move to Bombay’s slum-dwellers when her husband killed a moneylender who tried to rape her. The husband was then shot trying to steal some tin to build a hut. In Bombay she live with the vain pimp and petty crook Lukka (Naseeruddin Shah) , Benwa’s idol. Lukka is banned from Bombay by the police and Benwa marries the young Chenna (Anjali Paigankar). Amma acquires another lover Anna (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), a truck driver and become pregnant. Lukka reappears, ravaged by syphilis and drugs; he kills a chemist to feed his habit and hides in Amma’s hut. The cops find him and arrest both him and Benwa, beating them up in the process. Amma has a miscarriage in the scuffle. In the end, bulldozers arrives to flatten the entire slum place.

Cast

• Smita Patil as ... Amma
• Naseeruddin Shah as ... Looka
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as ... Anna

Awards

• Filmfare Best Actress Award for Smita Patil
• Filmfare Best Actor Award for Naseeruddin Shah
• Best Art Director for Bansi Chandragupta
• Golden Leopard for Rabindra Dharmaraj
• National Film Award for Best Actress for Smita Patil