Arth (1982)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 23 mins

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Inder Malhotra (Kharbanda), a fashionable film-maker, is married to Pooja (Azmi) when he starts an affair with film star Kavita (Patil). Pooja leaves him and experiences the social insecurities of a single working woman. Her dilemmas are highlighted by the parallel story of her cleaning lady (Hattangadi) who, abandoned by her husband, kills him and is arrested. Kavita, who suffers from guilt and eventually succumbs to schizophrenia, leaves Inder. Bhatt’s breakthrough film benefited both from gossip suggesting, with Bhatt’s assistance, that it was autobiographical, and of a much- publicised rivalry between actresses Patil and Azmi. Bhatt continued producing sensationalised versions of wicked upper-class Bombay life, peppered with inane talk about art cinema (as in this film’s party sequence), paralleling e.g. gossip columnist Shobha De’s novels set in the film and advertising industries.
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as Inder Malhotra
as Pooja
as Kavita Sanyal
as School Adminstrator
as Dalip
as Kavita's Mother
as Aparna
as Gulshan
as Pooja's Hostel Room-Mate
as Harish
as Dr. Puri
as Pooja's Maid

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Tracklist
Music Label: Saregama India Limited
05:21

Music Director: Chitra Singh, Jagjit Singh
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Playback Singer: Jagjit Singh
05:02

Music Director: Chitra Singh, Jagjit Singh
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Playback Singer: Jagjit Singh
03:17

Music Director: Chitra Singh, Jagjit Singh
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Playback Singer: Jagjit Singh
Movie Connection(s):
Referenced in: Ek Duuje Ke Liye (Hindi)
Trivia:
This Film is based on the relationship between Mahesh Bhatt and Parveen Babi.