dushyant chaturvedi I am mortally afraid of works of art which are proclaimed as classics by critics and the public. My bullshit antenna goes up and I end up avoiding such mainstream crap most of the time.The name of the file which I downloaded from the net was "Arth- A Mahesh Bhatt Classic". The nomenclature got my hackles up and I was all ready to tear this apart with my words. I wasn't prepared for the emotions which were about to be unleashed by this cinematic piece of art.This is a semi autobiographical movie. Mahesh Bhatt casts Kulbushan Kharbanda as himself, a director of advertisements and movies, who falls in love with an actress. Smita Patil plays the role of Parveen Babi. He decides to move in with the actress and leave behind his wife, essayed here by Shabana Azmi.The dialogues ring true. It seems as if Mr. Bhatt had a small recording device with him when he was having huge rows with his wife and mistress. The direction is excellent. Mr. Bhatt never allows the drama to go over the top and become mawkish. He has a feel for the feminine mentality and the women characters come across as strong and not cardboard caricatures.The music was composed by the late Jagjeet Singh and the songs include "Tum itna jo... ', lines which have since become immortal.The acting is the strongest forte of this seminal classic. Azmi gives the performance of a life time as a woman who sees her world go up in smoke. She is vulnerable,teary eyed and then graceful. This is a must watch for lovers of great drama. You would be blown away by what has increasingly become a rarity these days, an ultimate Hindi movie.

yunusitboss For more reviews and Hot news ... Just LIKE this pagehttps://www.facebook.com/MovieReviewByYunusIrshad.Arth (A) Hindi --------- my Rating : 4/5 stars VERY GOODIt is a slow pace classic family drama.....VERY GOOD: *Performances : shabana azmi deserve to win awards.... *Dialouges : masterpiece..... *Direction : perfect... *Story : excellent family drama... *Climax..... *Side characters : really have major roles.....AVERAGE: *Songs : they were rocking in 80's..... VERY BAD: *Screenplay : very slow..... *No adult contents except few words....FINAL VERDICT: It is a worth watching family drama with full of emotions......Arth (Hindi: अर्थ, in English: Meaning) is a 1982 film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Raj Kiran and Rohini Hattangadi. It features a memorable soundtrack by Ghazal duo, Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh. The semi-autobiographical film was written by Mahesh Bhatt about his extramarital relationship with actress Parveen Babi.[1] It is one of the 25 Must See Bollywood Movies as compiled by Indiatimes Movies

jahangirhussain74 Arth is a brilliantly made film. I guess no other director in Bollywood, other than Mahesh Bhatt, had the guts to portray their real life relations on screen. By deciding to portray his relationship with actress Parveen Babi on screen, Bhatt comes up with a timeless masterpiece that rests on the shoulders of two of its able performers: Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil. Arth is the story of a woman (Shabana Azmi) who is trying to come to terms with her separation from her husband (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) who is having an affair with a schizophrenic actress (Smita Patil). Bhatt intelligently weaves a grand saga of emotions because he is aided by nothing other than his own life's story. Talking about the performances, this is undoubtedly one of Azmi and Patil's best performances. Azmi leaves no stone unturned in trying to convey the turmoil within her as she is dealing with the separation from her husband. Patil, despite a shorter role compared to Azmi's, leaves a great impact as a depressed, disillusioned actress. She shows why she was one of the best actresses of the 80s. Kharbanda is equally competent as a weak man, torn between two women. Rohini Hattangadi lends ample support as a maid whose life mirrors the life of Azmi's character in the film. Raj Kiran is good too as Azmi's admirer in the film.The editing is brilliant. Praveen Bhatt's cinematography is outstanding. The memorable soundtrack by the Ghazal duo, the magnificent Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh leaves an everlasting impact on the hearts of the viewers. Overall, Arth is a must watch!

sashank_kini-1 Pooja Malhotra shifts to a new apartment along with her actor husband Inder, who hands her the keys willingly . The reason is that Pooja may soon be the sole resident of the apartment soon as Inder plans on staying with his illicit lover and co-star Kavita Sanyal. When he confesses about his affair to Pooja and leaves, she is heartbroken. Things get worse for the young lady when she gives up her home when Inder tells her it belongs to Kavita, and moves to a women's hostel, moneyless and jobless. However, her luck turns for the better when an acquaintance who had helped her when she was in a hapless state, gets her a job and later falls in love with her. On the other side, Inder and Kavita's life together becomes sour as Kavita develops paranoia and anxiety disorder.Arth is translated as 'meaning' or 'reason' in Hindi; as Pooja's life undergoes these changes; she finds a new meaning of life and independence. There are questions raised during the movie about the institution of marriage and the role of women as wives. The movie is a blend of old-fashioned and contemporary– extramarital affair is a familiar issue while female emancipation is more uncommon. The decision taken by Pooja towards the end is bold and courageous and Bhatt deserves credit for not following a traditional ending.But the film does the mistake of stretching it's plot to 136 minutes and including some sub-plots that take away much of the focus on the core issue in the film. To me, the shot from the beginning of the film which stayed in my head is of Inder handing the keys to Pooja. This moment is crucial because it is after this that we learn about Inder's infidelity. When Inder leaves Pooja, the house is all hers, meaning she is independent. But in the film, she sacrifices it in the first hour itself and moves to a hostel; I would have rather written my script in a slightly different manner albeit with the same characters and themes: 'Pooja and Inder shift to a new apartment bought by Inder and not Kavita. Inder has sexual relations with Kavita and he tells Pooja he is leaving her. Pooja lives with the maid and her child while Inder moves in with Kavita (I would have made her character slightly saner than she was in the movie, at least in the beginning scenes so that her degeneration is gradual). Instead of Pooja calling and importuning Kavita not to damage her marriage, Pooja directly meets her with Inder at a party and vituperates her. Pooja doesn't leave her apartment but searches for a job to meet her expenses. She also becomes close to Raj during this time and finds a new reason to live. On the other side, things get murky when Kavita has mental issues, but rather than devoting a few scenes to Inder and Kavita, the scenes would keep alternating with Pooja's eventual bloom and Inder and Kavita's marital decay. Inder resorts to drinking and can't do much for Kavita; Kavita gets pregnant but she gets an abortion due to anxiety. The maid commits a fatal act and Pooja now takes care of her child. When Kavita rejects Inder, the hapless actor tries to make amends with Pooja. Pooja gives Inder the same keys he had given her in the beginning, and tells her that she is leaving with the girl and living with Raj; she does this so Inder can realize and repent on the mistakes committed by him'Also some questions are left unanswered, for example, How did Inder and Kavita cope with the professional breakdown since both are actors and have to deal with the industry and press? Mahesh Bhatt leaves out certain matters that I would, had I been a director/writer, have included and some things from the movie that I would've changed (my version of the script above). People hail this as a product of realism in movies, but Arth still holds the Bollywood-ish feeling at times, unlike the movie Ankur, which is very crystalline in depicting human nature. The melodrama in the beginning is a tad overwrought because of the repetitive scenes of Shabhana and Smita pleading and crying. Also, the focus was dominant on Pooja rather than giving equal emphasis on both sides of the story.Shabhana, Smita, Kulbhushan and Raj pull through with impressive performances, especially from the ladies and Raj. Had Kulbhushan's character been written with more clarity and consistency, he would've interpreted his character in a better way. There are a couple of hammy actors too – Dalip Tahil to name one, who gives a stereotype of an arrogant producer. I also disfavored a cardboard cutout performance by him in the Indian rendition of Sound of Music (with nothing being Indianized except the actors) about two years back in Mumbai and his epically embarrassing act in Raavan. Here too he failed to impress me. Azmi can do better and has done considerably better in Honeymoon Travels, and she seems to have those facile hand movements commonly seen in theatre at times, but she plays her character with sincerity and conviction. Patil can get screechy and painful at times but she plays her dramatic scenes with forceful intensity.My Rating: 6.9/10