Kumar Shahani is an Indian filmmaker who created a new cinematic language that is very much his own. His Tarang is very different from the intense stylization and abstraction of his previous work Maya Darpan . It took him 12 years to make his 2nd film Tarang. The film is an intricately plotted melodrama realising his view of epic cinema.
Rahul ( Amol Palekar) , the son-in-law and heir of an old industrialist ( Shreeram Lagoo) , couches his personal ambition under a disguise of liberalism. He develops an affair with a wife ( Smita Patil) of a dead worker.
Shahani explores the class struggle on multiple fronts. It explores themes of conflict and betrayal when different worlds conflict as a result of industrialization. Amol Palekar was convincing as an insecure but ambitious man. Smita Patil played her part well and displayed impressive ranges. Though the work is commendable but still it lacks in some parts. The ending was far from satisfactory and it fails to deliver a punch.
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