Aathanka (1993)

Directed by

Sai Prakash

Genre

drama film

Country

India

How it feels

A married woman's life is thrown into chaos when another woman with a paranoid personality disorder enters her world. The disturbed woman's hatred for men stems from her own experience of domestic violence. The film shows how this obsession affects the marriage.

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What happens

Aathanka (transl. Anxiety) is a 1993 Indian Kannada drama thriller film directed by Sai Prakash, and stars Anant Nag and Vinaya Prasad in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Anjana, Mukhyamantri Chandru and Sarika. The film depicts the marital life of a woman being disturbed by another woman suffering from paranoid personality disorder, who develops hatred towards men after being subjected to domestic violence by her husband. Upon theatrical release on 22 January 1993, the film won critical praise. At the 1992–93 Karnataka State Film Awards, the film won six awards — Second Best Film, Best Actress (Vinaya Prasad), Best Story and Best Screenplay (S. Surendranath), Best Cinematographer (Johny Lal) and Best Editor (K. Narasaiah). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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