Party

(1984)

The Government of India has chosen to present a literary award to Divakar Barve (Manohar Singh) in recognition of his contribution to Indian Arts and Cinema. Divakar accepts this award, and the community decides to recognize this award-recipient at a special party just for him. Several big-wigs in Bombay city are invited, and they include Mohini (Rohini Hattangdi), the alcoholic and aging wife of Divakar; Ravi (Shafi Inamdar) an actor; Bharat (K K Raina) an aspiring actor and poet; An aging Ruth (Pearl Padamsee) who is always accompanied by a much younger boyfriend; Poet and producer, Agashe (Akash Khurana); Ila Arun the singer; and Achyut Potdar a Bollywood actor. Everyone awaits the arrival of Amrit (Naseeruddin Shah), an activist. What the invitees do not know that the party is going to be gate-crashed by the host's, Mrs. Damyanti Rane (Vijaya Mehta)'s son and his teen-aged friend; a couple, Naren (Mohan Bhandari) and Malvika (Soni Razdan); Then something unexpected happens: Amrit does arrive - but not in the way everybody expected him to arrive.