A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
| Directing | Shyam Benegal | Director |
| Writing | Satyadev Dubey | Screenplay |
| Writing | Girish Karnad | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shyam Benegal | Screenplay |
| Writing | Satyadev Dubey | Dialogue |
| Sound | Vanraj Bhatia | Music |
| Crew | Govind Nihalani | Cinematography |
| Editing | Bhanudas Divakar | Editor |
| Art | Shama Zaidi | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lilabai Deshpande | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vishwanath Govekar | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ishwarlal G. Sharma | Production Manager |
| Directing | Manohar B. Ghanekar | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Prahlad Kakar | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dayal Nihalani | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Swadesh Pal | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Hitendra Ghosh | Sound |
| Sound | Mohamed Husein Kalsikar | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | B.N. Tiwari | Sound |
| Camera | K. Kanti | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Gyan Sahay | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | S.R. Sekar | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kalpana Lajmi | Costume Assistant |
| Editing | Jagdish Mohite | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ramnik Patel | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Hansa Wadkar | Novel |
| Writing | Hansa Wadkar | Original Film Writer |
| Crew | Sudarshan Dheer | Choreographer |
| Production | Ravi Uppoor | Production Assistant |
| Production | N. J. Kenny | Production Assistant |
| Production | Deepak Prashar | Location Assistant |
| Production | Santosh Sah | Location Assistant |
| Directing | Nira Benegal | Continuity |
| Writing | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Lyricist |
| Writing | Vasant Dev | Lyricist |
| Sound | Preeti Sagar | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Bhupendra Singh | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Chandru Atma | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Kumari Meena | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Firoz Dasturi | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Uttara Kelkar | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Saraswati Rane | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Mangesh Desai | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Kamat Ghanekar | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Devi Dutt | Production Controller |
| Production | Fali M. Variava | Finance |
| Production | Lalit M. Bijlani | Producer |
| Production | Freni M. Variava | Producer |