Maya Darpan
In his debut feature film, Kumar Shahani employs highly innovative forms for depicting the conflict between oppressive feudal norms and a changing industrial landscape while making female sexuality and its complex mindscape the focus. The protagonist, Taran, the younger daughter of a Rajasthani zamindar revolts against the social code set by the class system by a sexual encounter with an engineer. This film was one of the earlier and successful examples experimentation in colour during the advent of New Indian cinema.
- Zhanri: Drama
- Studio: Film Finance Corporation, National Film Development Corporation of India
- Fjalen: india
- Cast: Aditi, Anil Pandya, Kanta Vyas, Iqbalnath Kaul
