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Arth (1982)

Name: Arth
Rating: 3.8

3.8 of 5 from 46 ratings

2h 18min

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Pooja (Shabona Azmi), who grew up as an orphan gid and always dreamt of owning n house, becomes insecure when she finds out that she and her husband, hider (Kulbhushon Rarbonda), have to leave the apartment they rent. The twist that occurred when Inder gives her the keys of a new house proves to be double-edged, when it is revealed that he is in love with (mother woman, Kavita (Smita Patil), with whom he corned the money (in the film industry) for the new apartment. While previously giving advice to her maid (Rohini Hattangadi) cheated by her husband, now Pooja becomes herself involved in a similar situation.
When Inder deserts Pooja for Kavita, she chooses to leave the apartment for a women's hostel only with 2000 rupees that she had when she got mould. She is helped by Roj (Raj Kiron) to surpass the difficulties of a life as a single person, to find o job and to rely morally on herself. Roj ond Poojo become good friends. As some time passes, the mental instability of Kavita deepens her fears of insecurity, even after lnder requests Pooja to sign the divorce papers.Rol foils in love with Pool° and proposes to her. She refuses saying she is empty and cannot give him anything. Raj tries to persuade her saying that she cannot spend the rest of her life feeling miserable about the past and that she should try to find a new life for herself. Pooja promises to think about it. Pooja's maid, whose only aim in life is to secure a good education for her daughter, has saved Rs.1000 towards her admission fees. She finds out that her drunk husband has stolen the money. Furious, she searches for him to find him in the hands of his lover after spending all the money. She kills him and goes to the police station and confesses her crime, Worried about her daughter, she calls Pooja who promises to take care of the daughter. After the insistence of Kavita's mother (Dina Pathak) and of her personal doctor (Om Shivpuri).
Actors:: Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Raj Kiran, Gulshan Grover, Rohini Hattangadi, Siddharth Kak, Mazhar Khan, Dina Pathak, Purnima, Shammi, Om Shivpuri, Gita Siddharth, Dalip Tahil, Chand Usmani
Directors:: Mahesh Bhatt
Writers:: Mahesh Bhatt, Sujit Sen
Aka:: The Meaning
Genres:: Bollywood
Countries:: India