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Aastha: In the Prison of Spring is a 1997 Bollywood film, produced and directed by Basu Bhattacharya.
The film stars Rekha, Om Puri, Navin Nischol and Daisy Irani in the main roles. The film went on to receive both critical acclaim and commercial success, the latter of which had eluded Basu in his last few films. Subsequently, spurred on by this success, Basu was even planning to remake the film in English, though he died in June 1997, at the age 62. The film's success was described as blurring the gap between Indian art and commercial cinema, where art film makers, dealing with serious issues, used a musical format to make the film more commercially appealing, thus reaching a wider audience. Rekha received a nomination of 1997 Star Screen Award for Best Actress.
Original Release
01/28/1997
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rekha | Mansi |
Om Puri | Amar |
Anwesha Bhattacharya | Amita |
Sagar Arya | Vivek |
Daisy Irani | Reena |
Navin Nischol | Mr. Dutt |
Shruti Patel | Neeti |
Ishita Manjrekar | Pappi |
Konica Bajpai | Shalini |
Navin Patel | Pappi's father |
Directors
Writers
Dinesh Thakur, Basu Bhattacharya, Gaurav Pandey
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rekha | Mansi |
Om Puri | Amar |
Anwesha Bhattacharya | Amita |
Sagar Arya | Vivek |
Daisy Irani | Reena |
Navin Nischol | Mr. Dutt |
Shruti Patel | Neeti |
Ishita Manjrekar | Pappi |
Konica Bajpai | Shalini |
Navin Patel | Pappi's father |
Milind Wagh | Professor |
Mukund Bhatt | Professor |
Kishore Bhatt | Professor |
Sarvant Sanjar | Professor |
Sarvat Sanjar | Professor |
Sainath Thotapalli | Student |
Suparna Anand | Student |
Manoj | Student |
Namdeorao Deo | Kaka |
J.K. Shete | Mungroo |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Basu Bhattacharya | Producer |