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Stree (1972 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Stree' is a 1972 Bengali film directed by Salil Dutta starring actors Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee and Arati Bhattacharya in lead roles. Nachiketa Ghosh composed the music. The film was remade in Hindi as 'Ayaash'. Film was based on the novel of Bimal Mitra as same title.
Plot
Sitapati (Soumitra Chatterjee), a homeless youth, comes to landlord Madhav Dutta's (Uttam Kumar) house and gets a job as his cameraman. Sitapati discovers his former girlfriend Mrinmoyee (Arati Bhattacharya) is now Madhav Dutta's wife. Madhav's polygamy and Mirnmoyee's loneliness prompt her extramarital relationship with Sitapati. Baiji dance and alcoholism, love, betrayal, hatred - Sitapati's lens captures it all. Finally, Sitapati leaves the house, Mrinmoyee dies, and gradually Madhav learns about their relationship. Madhav cannot bear the fact that his wife has committed adultery. He goes to take revenge and shoots Sitapati who is already dead, then becomes mad and shoots himself.
Cast
*Uttam Kumar as Madhab Dutta (Zamindar)
*Soumitra Chatterjee as Sitapati
*Arati Bhattacharya as Madhab Dutta's Wife
*Bhanu Bandyopadhyay
*Jahor Roy as Gobardhan Choudhury
*Tarun Kumar as Sitapati's Brother-in-law
*Subrata Chattopadhyay as Sitapati's Sister
*Sulata Chowdhury as Maid Servant
*Moni Srimani
*Amarnath Mukhopadhyay as Lawyer
*Ashok Mitra
*Rasaraj Chakraborty
*Parijat Bose
*Ajay Bandyopadhyay
*Kalyani Ghosh
*Arindam Ganguly
*Jhuma Mukhopadhyay
Soundtrack
Awards
;BFJA Awards (1973)
* Best Actor - Uttam Kumar
* Best Actor In a Supporting Role - Soumitra Chatterjee
* Best Dialogue - Salil Dutta
* Best Lyrics - Pulak Bandopadhyay
* Best Music - Nachiketa Ghosh
* Best Playback Singer (Male) - Manna Dey
Remake
The film was remade in hindi as 'Ayaash' starring by Sanjeev Kumar substitute on Uttam Kumar role. The film was directed by Shakti Samanta.
References
Category:1972 films
Category:Indian black-and-white films
Category:Bengali-language Indian films
Category:Bengali films remade in other languages
Category:1970s Bengali-language films
Category:Films directed by Salil Dutta
Category:Films based on Indian novels
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