The Ruins

Subhash is a photographer from the city, who has come to take pictures of some old temples and ruins in a village. Ruins fascinate him. While in the village, he gets acquainted with a young woman, Jamini, who has had her heart broken in the past, by another visitor from the big city. Will history repeat itself, or will she find a way out of the ruins at last?

Cast

Shabana Azmi

as Jamini

Naseeruddin Shah

as Subhash

Gita Sen

as The mother

Pankaj Kapur

as Dipu

Annu Kapoor

as Anil

Rajen Tarafdar

as

Sreela Majumdar

as Gauri

Jayanta Bhattacharya

as

Mukunda Dhar

as

Mukul Chaudhuri

as

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