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Umbartha is a 1982 Indian drama film produced by D. V. Rao and directed and coproduced by Jabbar Patel. The film was simultaneously shot in Marathi and Hindi, the latter titled Subah, with the same cast. It tells the story of a woman's dream to step outside her four walled home and bring change in the society. Smita Patil played the lead protagonist in the film for which she won Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar for Best Actress. The film was adjudged as the Best Feature Film in Marathi at the 29th National Film Awards for "a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family".