Yatra (Devanagari: यात्रा, lit. ‘Journey’) is a 2006 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Goutam Ghose. It featured Rekha, Nana Patekar and Deepti Naval.
The film premiered at the 2006 Montréal World Film Festival.
Plot
Dasrath Joglekar (Nana Patekar), a celebrated writer, travels to New Delhi to receive the prestigious ‘Sahitya Sanmaan’ Literary Award. During the journey he meets a young film maker Mohan (Nakul Vaid), an ardent fan of Dasrath’s writing and the encounter brings back memories from the past. Both of them travel back in time, remembering characters from Dasrath’s celebrated novel ‘Janaaza’, reconstructing the true story of the novel’s protagonist – Laajvanti (Rekha) from their own perspective. Fact and fiction merge to create a new journey.
After the gala award ceremony in New Delhi, Dasarath begins another journey in his new novel ‘Bazaar’, while the nostalgia of the previous one haunts him. Dasarath disappears from his hotel in New Delhi. Tension mounts in his family and associates regarding his whereabouts.
Memories from the past and passion bring him to Mehendi galli near Char Minar in Hyderabad where people flock to enjoy mujra dances. The entire area has changed. Laajvanti alias Laajobai has become Miss Lisa, presenting popular film songs numbers to entertain a new clientele. Dasarath’s sudden appearance is a great surprise for Laajvanti. The character of his novel Janaaza comes alive at an unexpected juncture.
Laajvanti shows her reverence to Dasrath by singing melodies from their past. Fate accomplices another journey into the unknown. Is this fact or is it fiction, created by filmmaker Mohan for his forthcoming film called Janaaza?
Cast
Rekha – Laajvanti
Nana Patekar – Dasrath Joglekar
Deepti Naval – Smita Joglekar
Romit Raj – Yaman, Dasrath and Smita’s son
Anandi Ghose – Sohini, Dasrath and Smita’s daughter
Jeeva – Pulla Reddy, Zameendar
Nakul Vaid – Mohan, a film-maker
Masood Akhtar – Salim
Bharati Devi – Dasrath’s mother
Guest appearance : Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Shakuntala
Also in the supporting cast are:- June Maliah, Emon Kalyan Ghose, Sai Charni, Chatla Sri Ramulu, Nagraja Rao, Krishna Varma, Adi Narayan Rao, Satyanarayana, Srinivas, Anand Varma, Shahidul Rahman, Gopal Kalwani, Jayachandra Reddy, Ramarao, Ganesh, Rajat Genguly, Narayanan Haralalka, Pamela Mondal, Sudeshna Chatterjee, Om, Aranya Sen, Debolina Banerjee
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