Arth
Arth Remake Shelved
What happened to the remake of Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth that Revathi was supposed to direct? Announced in 2019 with much fanfare, the project had the blessings of Bhatt. It was to feature Swara Bhaskar in Shabana Azmi’s role. Of all the iconic roles that the formidable Shabana Azmi has played the one that stands out as super-iconic is the deserted wife in Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth. That role, admits Shabana to a large extent, defined the shape of her career. However it seems the idea of a trying to redo Arth has been dropped. Says Revathi, “That project did not fall into p | Click Here...
Shabana Azmi Denies Claims Of Involvement With Arth Remake
That Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth is being remade with Tamil actress Revathi stepping into the director’s seat, is well-known by now. The film’s producer Sharat Chandra recently spoke on how Shabana Azmi who gave one her career’s finest performances in the original Arth, is providing inputs to the remake . Shabana however makes it clear she has no involvement with the Arth remake. “I don’t know enough details about the new version of Arth.But I’m not precious about remakes. I believe an important film such as Arth has said what it had to say.If anything it only shows how timeles | Click Here...
3 Mahesh Bhatt Films We’d Like To Remember Him By
Sadak 2 is the end of the road for Mahesh Bhatt. Is this the same director who once made those memorable masterpieces? Here are the 3 that we would like to remember Bhatt for. 1. Arth (1982): The story of an abandoned wife who scratches and claws her way back to the surface has Shabana Azmi in one of Indian cinema’s finest performances. The bold strokes of feminism in the storytelling never seem painted on. Mahesh Bhatt once said to me, “Arth came into my life after a string of duds. These included Vishwasghat and Lahu Ke Do Rang which were fairly big-budg | Click Here...
5 Most Influential Films Starring A Female Hero
In recent times there’s been a torrent of films where the heroine has taken centre stage. In the first two months of 2020 alone there were at least three major heroine-centric films Chhapaak, Panga and Thappad. In the past, films featuring women in central roles were rare. Here are 5 films from the past where the female hero took centre stage. 1. Mother India (1958): Nargis Dutt was in her 20s when she played her future husband Sunil Dutt’s 70-year old mother in Mehboob Khan’s magnum opus Mother India, an epic tale of Good Son, Bad Son and Conflicted Moth | Click Here...