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The semi-autobiographical film was written by Mahesh Bhatt about his extramarital relationship with actress Parveen Babi.
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03 Dec 1982
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Arth: A New Meaning
“It doesn't matter how important or deep a relationship is ... it's just a part of life ... life isn't a part of a relationship, where life comes to an end when one relationship ends.”
Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth is a stunning drama about infidelity, relationships, marriage and identity. Bhatt takes elements of his own life and morphs them into a feminist story of a woman reclaiming her identity after going through a tough journey. It’s so interesting that the narrative is designed in this way because in real life the cheating husband is him and the actress girlfriend is Parveen Babi. His character gets painted the worse, gets the least empathy and his last scene is his…
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First and foremost I want to mention how beautiful Shabana Azmi is in this movie, not just in the way she looks, but also in the way she fits into her character, a soft spoken dreamer, and delivers a stellar performance. It's quite evident that she immerses herself in her role, like even the way she walks has some reflection of her character. Second, I want to write about how beautiful this movie is. How beautifully it is written, how beautifully it is shot, directed, and acted. It's an unconventional story, inspired by or maybe based on Mahesh Bhatt's extramarital affair with actress Parveen Babi (because I don't know how much of it is accurate) but the story is told…
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Arth, a timeless classic in Indian cinema, a portrayal ahead of is time.
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‘Arth,’ the Hindi word for meaning. This film, on the back of a complicated marriage, evolves to become a meditation on the meaning of one’s existence. Nothing short of a masterpiece.
A remarkable story told by a sensitive director. Characters one can instantly connect with, portrayed by a capable cast and made more delectable by brilliant music.Shabana Azmi as Pooja is legendary. She sways wonderfully from being comfortingly serene in a scene to a complete riot. Pooja starts of as that girl we all know- brimming with love, innocence & cozy compassion. Over the course of the film, as her life starts to crumble right under her nose, she faces the uncertainties with great grace and matures into a woman.…
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“the spirit that has awakened in you today is the true meaning of life.”
i love stories about women, about their own quiet revolution. the film immediately starts off in a way that is turbulent but by the end there’s a feeling of relief, much like what pooja must have felt. i loved raj, he was the perfect foil to inder. the whole cast is incredible and that national award was very much deserved for shabana.Translated from by -
Honestly this film still feels revolutionary even today.
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You really start to wonder how a filmmaker gets himself to make something that resembles his life so closely. How do you keep yourself out of it all? And in this case, make yourself the bad guy? And if you do, where do you draw the line? Please have a discussion with me someone.
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lord grant me the audacity of a mediocre man
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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
More than three decades ago, Mahesh Bhatt and Shabana Azmi created a credible, textured, heart-felt female character — Pooja Malhotra. Pooja is an ordinary housewife, content with decorating her new home, until her husband reveals to her that he is in love with another woman. The crisis first pushes her to the bottom — at a party, she drunkenly confronts her husband and his lover — but slowly she gets back on her feet and learns to stand alone. In the wonderfully done climactic scene, she refuses to accept her husband back, and says goodbye with a quiet dignity (this was considered so radical at the time that distributors refused to buy the film).
Pooja's journey still has the power…
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Shabana became so vulnerable. After pleading with her husband for a new beginning, Pooja is turned down. We hold the camera on Kulbhushan Kharbanda, hold it for quite a while. And then I called cut; I saw Shabana crumbling to the ground, and falling to pieces.
Floored, and deeply moved, by Shabana Azmi's extraordinary acting as a woman picking up the pieces. A film unsparing but not unkind, a camera gentle enough just to sit with people in pain, and a performance so full of grace.
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Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil cinematic universe!!
We love a realistic portrayal of cheating in relationships . Where the ladies tell the man to fuck off at the end ✊🏻😌
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smita patil was so rihanna coded💅🏻✨🥀🚬