"Aastha" | Full Art Movie | Rekha | Navin Nischol | Bollywood Movie | 1997
"Aastha" In the
Prison of
Spring is a
1997 Bollywood film, produced and directed by
Basu Bhattacharya. The film stars
Rekha,
Om Puri,
Navin Nischol and
Daisy Irani in the main roles. The film went on to receive both critical as well as commercial success, especially as the latter had eluded Basu in his last few films. Subsequently, tasting its success Basu was even planning to remake the film in
English, though he died in June 1997, at the age 62. Its success was described as blurring to the gap between
Indian art and commercial cinema, where art film makers dealing with serious issues, used a musical format to make the film more commercially appealing, reaching a wider audience. Rekha received a nomination of 1997
Star Screen Award for
Best Actress.
In the movie, Rekha had a controversial role of a married woman who turns into a prostitute, which was severely criticized by the audience. About her role in the movie, Rekha said, "After 'Aastha: In the Prison of Spring' people had a lot to say about my role of a wife who moonlights as a prostitute. I don't have problems playing anything.
I've reached a stage where I could do justice to any role that came my way. It could be role of a mother, a sister-in-law; negative, positive, sensational or anything.
The movie is remarkable for its explicit love scenes.
Star Cast:Rekha,Om Puri,
Dinesh Thakur, Anwesha Bhattacharya,
Daisy Irani ,Navin Nischol,
Shruti Patel,
Sagar Arya,Ishita Manjrekar, Konica
Bajpai,
Navin Patel,
Milind Wagh,Mukund
Bhatt,
Kishore Bhatt,Sarvant
Sanjar,
Director &
Producer:Basu Bhattacharyya
Category:
Drama
Music:Shaarang Dev Lyricist:
Gulzar
Famous Songtracks:"
Jai Jai Jai Naath" / "
Labon Se
Chum Lo"
Singers:
K. Ravi Shankar,Sriradha Bannerjee,Gulzar,
Sadhana Sargam,
Vinod Rathod,
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Synopsis:Mansi (Rekha) and
Amar (Om Puri) have been married for years, and have a daughter by this marriage. Amar is employed full-time, while Mansi looks after the household chores and their daughter. Amar earns a steady income, which enables the family to live comfortably, but they cannot afford to be extravagant at all. One day while buying shoes for her daughter, Mansi realizes that shoes are really expensive, and wants to leave the store without purchasing them.
Another woman customer named
Reena (Daisy Irani) offers to pay for the shoes, as she feels sorry for Mansi. Mansi reluctantly accepts Reena's offer to pay for the shoes, not realizing that Reena has paid for these shoes with a secret agenda that will open a new door in Mansi's life dragging her to prostitution to satisfy materialistic needs.
Initial release: 1997
Running time: 210 minutes