Astitva

Astitva (transl.Existence / Identity) 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 inheritance from Kamat, many years after the music classes had ended, and subsequently makes a discovery.

Astitva
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMahesh Manjrekar
Written byImtiyaz Husain
Mahesh Manjrekar
Screenplay byMahesh Manjrekar
Story byMahesh Manjrekar
Produced byRahul Sughand
StarringTabu
Sachin Khedekar
Mohnish Bahl
Ravindra Mankani
Smita Jaykar
Sunil Barve
Namrata Shirodkar
CinematographyVijay Kumar Arora
Edited byV. N. Mayekar
Music byRahul Ranade
Sukhwinder Singh
Release date
  • 6 February 2000 (2000-02-06) (India)
Running time
109 Minutes
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Marathi
  • Hindi
Box office 2.16 crores

Astitva won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi for the year 2000. Tabu's performance was highly acclaimed winning her several awards and is considered one of her best.

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