There was a shelved movie Genius Films "Aastha"(1993) Starring Ashwini Bhave,Mohan Bhandari, Shreeram Lagoo, Rohini Hattangadi, Arun Dutt, Music by Hriydanath Mangeshkar, Directed by Anuradha Joshi.
The film did not have a theatrical release in British Columbia,Canada.
Filmmaker Basu Bhattacharya's his last movie. After a long time he got success with this film. Few days After release of this film he died. He couldn't get a chance to see that he made successful movie.
Moushumi Chatterjee was offered the lead role but she did not think it was ethical to portray the character who sleeps with men in order to purchase expensive clothing for her daughter as per her wishes.