Did you agree with the story of Astitva?

The movie spoke about a serious issue that shows that if a women commits a mistake, she isn't forgiven whereas her husband can be forgiven despite of cheating his wife. It was a bold subject and the story made me think if Tabu was right or wrong. However, I agreed with the end that she chose to walk out of the relationship.

Nobody saw this movie 😒

Good topic .
Let me sum story - Tabu and her hubby live happily . Her hubby travels a lot . She has a music tutor ( Monish bhel) . She gets physical with him and is preggers with his baby. She asks Monish to go away. Gives hubby impression that baby is his. When boy is grown up, he gets letter that he has inherited MB's property. Truth comes out that about his dad's identity.
Tabu's husband blames her. But later on his friend reminds him of all sleeping around he has done while traveling. So it's even case of cheating .
Even her son is angry with her .
In the end , family forgives her but she walks out on them.

I did. And I absolutely love it. It spoke more about female sexuality/women committing adultery & how our society creates unfair expectations & considers women to shoulder the onus of all Morality & Chastity & how unfair, hypocritical & dismissive it is with respect to a woman's sexual desires & needs. It is one of Tabu's best roles & all through the movie I wanted to smack her husband & son with a few thousand slaps. This is a huge, long topic but 2 scenes will always stay with me-


1) When her husband is railing at her for betraying him, for being a woman & a mother & cheated , her cry & very simple Q- "What do I do if I too feel desire? If I don't have what I wish for? I did wrong but I too have desires & a separate identity apart form just your wife & a mother" and that just summed up the whole movie for me. It was Tabu's finesse as an artiste that we empathised for her rather than for the "betrayed parties", her husband & son.



2) Thr climax. Head held high,guilt finally rid of she holds her head high & finally realises that her husband & son can & will never accept her, understand her & I loved that her son's gf (Namrata Shirodkar) sees her strength & is disgusted by her sons hypocrisy who was lightening fast to condemn her for her infidelity because he had to rudely wake up to the fact that his mother was a flesh & blood human. IST of us do have the tendency to put our parents on pedestals & it is when we realise that they are as fragile & vulnerable as us, is when we truly become 'adults' & can enjoy a more equal relationship with them IMO.




Bold movie but so beautiful & casting Tabu in it was a casting coup!! No-one else could've brought her to life & it is one if her best works, much better than her acclaimed Chandini Bar!


P. S. Sorry for the wall of text, I get so rambley over things that I love! 🤣

Originally posted by: Mallika-E-Bhais

I did. And I absolutely love it. It spoke more about female sexuality/women committing adultery & how our society creates unfair expectations & considers women to shoulder the onus of all Morality & Chastity & how unfair, hypocritical & dismissive it is with respect to a woman's sexual desires & needs. It is one of Tabu's best roles & all through the movie I wanted to smack her husband & son with a few thousand slaps. This is a huge, long topic but 2 scenes will always stay with me-


1) When her husband is railing at her for betraying him, for being a woman & a mother & cheated , her cry & very simple Q- "What do I do if I too feel desire? If I don't have what I wish for? I did wrong but I too have desires & a separate identity apart form just your wife & a mother" and that just summed up the whole movie for me. It was Tabu's finesse as an artiste that we empathised for her rather than for the "betrayed parties", her husband & son.



2) Thr climax. Head held high,guilt finally rid of she holds her head high & finally realises that her husband & son can & will never accept her, understand her & I loved that her son's gf (Namrata Shirodkar) sees her strength & is disgusted by her sons hypocrisy who was lightening fast to condemn her for her infidelity because he had to rudely wake up to the fact that his mother was a flesh & blood human. IST of us do have the tendency to put our parents on pedestals & it is when we realise that they are as fragile & vulnerable as us, is when we truly become 'adults' & can enjoy a more equal relationship with them IMO.




Bold movie but so beautiful & casting Tabu in it was a casting coup!! No-one else could've brought her to life & it is one if her best works, much better than her acclaimed Chandini Bar!


P. S. Sorry for the wall of text, I get so rambley over things that I love! 🤣

MEB: Absolutelt agree with you. There were so many factors shown in the movie and they tried to explain everyone's POV considering the way they viewed the infedility issue. The son and father were seen to be hypocrites and the way Smita too stood by Tabu was fab. No wonder Tabu won the NA for this movie 👏

I tried to watch the movie but couldn't... I read the synopsis

I watched it long back

No.. I would have agreed had she come out clean on her own, not when her husband probed her about it