With the first ever lady leaving from the mythological tales is Ganga. She left immediately after child birth. Reason? Her husband asked why she let her child in the river. He had promised not to ask ‘why?’
Not wanting a baby girl a woman leaves the hospital & they can’t trace her. She got over her child too fast.
In “Arpan’ a Hindi movie, after giving birth Sona played by Parveen Babi leaves the child in care of Shobha. Played by Reena Roy who desperately wanted a child. In ‘Apnapan’ Reena Roy leaves her child for her career. She comes back for him but by then Sulochana Pandit has taken over.
In “Umbartha” Smita Patil leaves her house, child for social work. After years she wishes to come back but all the members of the family have moved on in life. Neither her husband Girish Karnad nor her now grown up daughter need her.
‘The lost daughter’ shows a mother making a choice of being alone but in the end family matters. The grown daughters don’t need her as a mother but she needs their emotional support.
“Tila lavite Raktacha” another Marathi movie has a woman going through all hardships without expecting happiness or getting any. Dies in childbirth signifying she is giving, always giving. Giving birth to a daughter is also very significant.
“Chakra” or ‘Chandni Bar’ has women trying to break free & yet get into the vortex of the same old rut. It is so sad to see them like this.
Up & go. Not so easy. Easier said than done.
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