A Slice of Life) is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language film directed by K. Balachander, starring Kamal Haasan, Anita Raj, Nilu Phule, Mazhar Khan, Shreeram Lagoo, Karan Razdan.

[1][2][3][4][5] It was the remake of the Tamil film Varumayin Niram Sivappu (1980), which was directed by Balachander himself.

On reaching the railway station, Kusum pays Rakesh to which he replies that he has no change.

Rakesh once chases a man to his house to get back the 15 rupees which he looted from him by lying.

Rakesh does not take the post of a clerk of a company after misbehaving with interview-takers and tears his certificates of educational qualifications.

Jaggu (Kusum's father) abandons their home and doesn't return for so many days.

Kusum agrees, but later sees Rakesh singing in a park while on a drive with Pratap, she gets down from the car and tells Rakesh that she will abide by whatever he wants, meanwhile Pratap leaves that place angrily and starts driving his car, not taking Kusum.

Amit is now a husband of a rich woman and Tilak has turned into a mad beggar.

Pratap gives the neck-chain bought by himself for marriage with Kusum to a street-beggar as alms in hot temperament.