At a time when filmmakers and audiences were still debating whether women were even allowed to have morally complex characters both in real life and on screen, Patil emerged with films such as 'Bhumika,' 'Bazaar,' 'Mandi,' 'Arth,’ ‘Umbartha’ ‘Mirch Masala’ et al.
Koimoi Recommends Arth: A Tale About Infidelity & A Climax That Shouts Feminine Liberation
You must watch Arth for everything that it stands for.
April 6, 2021
Koimoi Recommends Arth A Semi Autobiographical Drama Directed By Mahesh Bhatt(Pic Credit: Youtube/Eagle Home Entertainments
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Koimoi Recommends Arth: I was 17 and that I would be writing about films someday was not even a thought back then. While surfing through TV channels, a local cable channel had a young Shabana Azmi on it. She rejected the guy with a million-dollar question and walked away. I had never seen a woman have this agency in the films of the yore. I was curious to know what film that was? It was Mahesh Bhatt’s semi-autobiographical drama Arth.