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A Sanskrit Professor, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, sees an elephant on the street. Fascinated with the creature, he follows it home, and is cared for by the family to whom the elephant belongs.

Astu - So BE IT is a feature film with duration 123 Min's .The film revolves around Mr. Shastri, a retired Sanskrit professor who in due course suffers with Alzheimer's goes missing while travelling with his daughter .during this time of missing he gets fascinated with a elephant walking on street and goes to stay with the family which owns elephant. The film is inter cut to depict the human side of relationships with social message in end that only care and affection is medicine for Alzheimer's and there is no other cure for the same.—Anonymous

Astu is a fascinating movie that beautifully links the deep messages of Vedic scriptures; the daily life of the ordinary as well as the poor in India; the challenges faced in dealing with Alzheimer's by the patient as well as among the family members and the emotional rift it creates; the honesty, innocence and genuine nature as seen among the poor; the role of faith and rational analysis and how they exist in compartments in India; generational conflicts and accommodation in the caring of elders; the vital and vibrant roles that women play in the Indian way life.—Subramanian