- Anahat (film)
Infobox Film
name = Anahat
image_size = 250px
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director =Amol Palekar
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writer =
narrator =
starring =Sonali Bendre Anant Nag Deepti Naval
music =
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released = flagicon|India2003
flagicon|UKMay 6 ,2004 (Commonwealth Film Festival)
runtime = 90 min.
country = India
language = Marathi
budget =
website =
amg_id = 1:309733
imdb_id = 0371536"Anahat" (
Eternity ) is a 2003Marathi film directed byAmol Palekar and starringSonali Bendre ,Anant Nag andDeepti Naval . "Anahat" focuses on a woman (Bendre) asserting her right to sexual fulfillment. "Anahat", (the eighth feature film of the actor-turned-director), is the second offering by Palekar which examines gender-related issues, the first being "Daayra". The film was inspired bySurendra Verma ’sHindi play "Surya ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pehli Kiran Tak". "Anahat" was screened as the opening film of the 2003 Indian Panorama, an International film festival [http://pib.nic.in/archieve/iffi/iffi2003/anaahat.html] .Plot
Anahat is set in the 10th century, in
Shravasti , the capital of the Kingdom of Malla. Anahat revolves around two individuals — the king of Malla (Nag) who is unable to provide an heir and the Queen, Sheelavati (Bendre), who forced to choose a potent mate for one night. But while the queen is ordered to merely produce an inheritor through the prevalent custom ofNiyoga , she ends up enjoying the sexual act. Her overt demand for a repeat act thickens the plot.Palekar has handled the epic depiction very sensitively, thereby underlining the popular and unjust definitions of sexuality and potency. The film ends on a progressive and humanist note
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