Astitva (2000)

Astitva is a bold film with adultery. An ambitious male chauvinist and his loving wife are happily married but the guy is not able to give time to the family as he want to make it big in ... See full summary »

Director:

Mahesh Manjrekar

Writers:

Imtiaz Hussain (Hindi dialogue), Mahesh Manjrekar (screenplay),

Stars:

Tabu, Sachin Khedekar, Mohnish Bahl

5 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tabu	...	Aditi Pandit
Sachin Khedekar	...	Shreekant Pandit
Mohnish Bahl	...	Malhar Kamat
Smita Jaykar	...	Meghna
Ravindra Mankani	...	Ravi
Sunil Barve	...	Aniket Pandit
Resham Seth	...	Sudha
Sandeep Mehta	...	Amar
Kishore Nandlaskar	...	Vitthal
Sandeep Padiyar	...	Lawyer
Santosh Manjrekhar	...	Typist
Namrata Shirodkar	...	Revati
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Niki Aneja	...	Dr. Simran

Storyline

Astitva is a bold film with adultery. An ambitious male chauvinist and his loving wife are happily married but the guy is not able to give time to the family as he want to make it big in life. His work is of paramount importance to him. His work keeps him away from his home for days and this makes the wife very lonely. In one such instance, she succumbs to loneliness and has a physical relationship with her music teacher and becomes pregnant. She tries confessing to her husband, but he is so excited about her pregnancy, that he does not listen to her story. Twenty Five years later, circumstances force the suspicious husband's mind to work overtime and confronts his wife with facts and figures that when she was pregnant, he had not had any physical relationship with her for more than 9 months before the child's birth. Then whose child is it? The wife accepts it and ask for forgiveness, but the husband does not and they are forced to take divorce. Even after it is proved that the ...

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Plot Keywords:

loneliness | adultery | divorce | male chauvinism | independence | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (India)

Filming Locations:

Hubli-Dharwar, Karnataka, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Friends India, Jhamu Sughand Productions, Satyashwami Entertainment Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as It Was Raining That Night (2005)

User Reviews

An interesting take on a social issue that has really needs addressing

The male dominance in the indo-pak sub-continental society, even today, and it's affects really needs more addressing.

How/where do you draw the line? Where is the balance? Being a modern, educated woman doesn't necessarily have to mean a career woman.

Astitva chose to take the more direct stand of siding with the female movement. What it did not address is the group of female who are in the middle. The females who are capable of being independent, but are more interested in family and home.

The biggest flaw of the movie was putting both Sri and Aniket (Aditi's son) in the same boat. But I guess they wanted to deal with one simple issue and keep the plot simple.

The best part of the movie (as far as the making goes) - it was exactly as long as it had to be.