Astitva

Astitva (2000)

अस्तित्व

Is a Woman's Destiny... A Man

When Aditi finds out she has been named the sole heir to the estate of an old acquaintance, her husband is puzzled and suspicious. However, the secret she is hiding could destroy their family.

Date of release
2000-10-06
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
Mahesh Manjrekar

Casting

Interesting facts

Astitva is a 2000 Indian film made simultaneously in Marathi and Hindi languages, written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. The film tells the story of Aditi Pandit, a happily married woman whose husband Srikant Pandit becomes suspicious when she unexpectedly receives a fortune willed to her by her former music teacher, Malhar Kamat. Srikant tries to figure out why she had received the inheritance from Kamat, many years after the music classes had ended, and subsequently makes a discovery.

Production

The role of lead actress was first offered to Madhuri Dixit, a leading lady of her times. When she rejected the offer, it went to Tabu, who received an important film of her acting career.

The story is based on Guy de Maupassant's novel "Pierre and Jean", which was also made into a 1943 French film Pierre and Jean, the Mexican movie Una mujer sin amor, released in 1952 and into the 2015 American drama film Peter and John.

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