
Namkeen
Visit website10/10 • 1
1982-01-01 • 2h 9m
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.
- Directors
- Gulzar

Namkeen
Visit website1982-01-01 • 2h 9m
10/10 • 1
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.
- Directors
- Gulzar
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsSanjeev Kumar
Waheeda Rehman
Sharmila Tagore
Shabana Azmi
Kiran Vairale
Reviews0
We don't have any reviews for Namkeen.
Media
Recommendations
Ek Aur Ek Gyarah: By Hook or by Crook
5.9
South Park: Joining the Panderverse
7.7
Memory
7.2
Presence
6.0
Trap
6.3
Barry Lyndon
8.0
Knife in the Water
7.3
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
6.9
Six Men Getting Sick
5.5
Last Days
5.5
Wild at Heart
7.0
The Grapes of Wrath
7.8
The Wrong Man
7.1
State and Main
6.3
Late Night with the Devil
7.1
Gangs of New York
7.3
Matusalén
6.3
Getting Even with Dad
5.3
Fire Birds
5.1
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
7.2
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Hindi
- Budget
- --
- Revenue
- --
- Keywords
- bollywood