Aastha (Hindi DVD with English subtitles)

Author: RekhaOm Puri/Dinesh ThakurDirector/Composer/Na: Basu Bhattacharya / Saarang DevPublisher: Eros MultimediaYear: 2006Language: multilingualPages: NAISBN/UPC (if available): DVD-E 436 DescriptionManasi (Rekha), a middle aged middle class woman always had the dearth of money in her life and is never able to fulfil her heart’s desires as her husband has a meagre salary. But when her daughter expresses her desires, Manasi is too pained. One day at a shoe shop, a pair of shoes tempts Manasi but as they are overpriced she can’t afford them. A lady, as a friendly gesture, offers to pay the rest of the money. The lady then takes Manasi to a world of seductions, the glitz and sleaze of an urban life. Somewhere along the way Manasi is led to a guilt ridden awareness of her sexuality, an aspect that lay unrevealed. Amar, her husband, is completely unaware of the travails of his wife. A participant in her changing sexual discernment, Amar leads a life far removed from the one that Manasi is