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ASTITVA

Cast: Sachin Kedekar, Tabu, Namrata Shirodkar, Mohnish Behl.
Director: Mahesh Manjerekar

Aditi and Shrikant Pandit (Sachin Khedekar) Tabu in Astitvaare happily married middle-aged couple with a son, Aniket, (Sunil Barve) about to be married to Revathi (Namrata Shirodkar).

One fine day Aditi is left a substantial inheritance by her former music teacher Malhar Kamat (Mohnish Behl). Though Shri initially welcomes the unexpected bounty, he gets suspicious and realises that Aniket is not his son.

He confronts Aditi and she admits Aniket is Kamat's son, conceived during one of Shri's long business trips. Shri is shattered, and feels that he has lost his respect in society, as people would now laugh at him. His ego his hurt and he even as he drowns in self pity, he also asks Aditi, to leave the house. Aditi, whose life has for the last 27 years been centered around her husband, son and home, suddenly finds herself alone.

Already very upset, she tells her husband and son her reasons for her actions, making a strong plea for women's equality, and walks out of the marriage. And here the film ends.

Surprisingly enough the film does not show what happens to her during her search for the identity, which is what could have been he most interesting part of the film.

It seems to an honest attempt by the director to examine the sexual double standards in urban Indian settings, only it should have taken lesser footage to do it. Tabu's vehicle all the way, her performance is commendable, but not outstanding.

Though the effort is commendable, the film is incomplete. A short film, what it does say could have perhaps been said in lesser time and Aditi's later life deserved to find a place in the film. What is remarkable is the frankness with which the issue is discussed, though only at the end.

 

 
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