Namkeen 42 years old

Nimki (Sharmila Tagore) is the mortar that holds her fragile family together. She looks after her younger sisters, the mute, sweet Meethu (Shabana Azmi) and spirited Chinki (Kiran Vairale). Together the three sisters care for their aging Amma (Waheeda Rehman), a troubled, frail woman bordering on senile dementia. Geru (Sanjeev Kumar), an itinerant construction hauler in the family's village for a brief contract, rents a room from the family, and before long bonds of friendship and even love develop between Geru and the sisters.

Credits

Shabana Azmi as

Sharmila Tagore as

Waheeda Rehman as

Kiran Vairale as

Sanjeev Kumar as

Namkeen Cast

Name	Character
Shabana Azmi She was 31, now 73 years old
Sharmila Tagore She was 37, now 79 years old
Waheeda Rehman She was 43, now 86 years old
Kiran Vairale
Sanjeev Kumar He was 43, 47 years old when he died

Namkeen Crew

Name	Department
Rahul Dev Burman as Music Director. He was 42 (54) years old when He died	Sound

Namkeen (42 years)

Release day: Friday, January 01, 1982
Runtime: 129 minutes