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A retired Sanskrit professor, played by veteran actor Dr Mohan Agashe, begins losing his memories as he slowly slips into Alzheimer&rsquo;s.
He goes missing while travelling with his daughter, and is soon fascinated by an elephant walking the streets, ultimately going on to stay with the animal&rsquo;s owners.
<img title="A still from Astu, showing the aged father, played by Dr Mohan Agashe" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/04Elephant.jpg" alt="A still from Astu, showing the aged father, played by Dr Mohan Agashe" /> A still from Astu, showing the aged father, played by Dr Mohan Agashe
Made in 2013, award-winning Marathi feature film Astu is a revelation of the roles that children and parents need to switch with the passage of time. Astu, a couple of Sanskrit syllables that mean &ldquo;So be it&rdquo;, was written by Sumitra Bhave and directed by her and Sunil Sukhtankar.
<img title="Dr Mohan Agashe" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/04Mohan-Agashe.jpg" alt="Dr Mohan Agashe" />
After doing its rounds of international film festivals, it will have two special sponsorship screenings this evening, before it hits theatres.
WHERE: Kashinath Ghanekar Natyagruha, Thane (West) WHEN: October 4, 4 PM and 7 PM CALL: 9594942138 FREE (Donor passes available at the venue)

Veteran actor-cum-psychiatrist Dr Mohan Agashe on Astu: So be it, in which he plays a father afflicted with Alzheimer&rsquo;s

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