Pita

Pita (1991)

The story depicts the vulnerability of a man who is victimized by his wife who plots to prove his husband mentally insane. She is in disagreement with his husband on how her daughter should be raised and what she should become. She thinks that if she declares his husband insane she would be able to decide for her daughters future. She knowingly creates confusion and tells his husband that he cannot be sure that he is the father of their daughter. Captian starts to believe that the daughter who was everything for him may not be his daughter and becomes insane and his wife gets the custody of her daughter as she wished.

Date of release
1991-01-01
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
Govind Nihalani

Casting

Interesting facts

Pita is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language film based on Swedish playwright August Strindberg's 1887 play The Father. Directed by Govind Nihalani, the film stars Vimal Bhagat, Satyadev Dubey, Dina Pathak, Irrfan and Shikha Rai.

Background and themes

"Nihalani’s penchant for exploring the works of Western playwrights like Ibsen and Strindberg is reflected in his work for television, particularly the telefilms that he adapted to suit an Indian context.", recalled OutlookIndia in 2024. According to Gajra Kottary and Ridhi Sarda, the film addresses "the largely ignored problem" of "the mental and emotional abuse of men at the hands of women".

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