Stree is a 1972 Bengali film directed by Salil Dutta starring actors Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee and Arati Bhattacharya in lead roles.[1] Nachiketa Ghosh composed the music.[2] The film was remade in Hindi as Ayaash. Film was based on the novel of Bimal Mitra as same title and the era of the plot showing during the Second World War.[3] The film showed Uttam's another one of the best performance and clash with Soumitra. The film become blockbuster hit at the box office. The films was dominated at the BFJA Award 1973 and goes to win seven awards.
| Stree | |
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| Directed by | Salil Dutta |
| Written by | Bimal Mitra |
| Screenplay by | Salil Dutta |
| Based on | Stree by Bimal Mitra |
| Produced by | Pradyot Kumar Basu |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bijoy Ghosh |
| Edited by | Amiyo Mukhopadhyay |
| Music by | Nachiketa Ghosh |
Production company | Baby June Production |
| Distributed by | S. B. Films |
Release date | 18 August 1972 |
Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot edit
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.[4]
Cast edit
- Uttam Kumar as Madhab Dutta (Zamindar)[5]
- 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 edit
| Stree | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Studio | Baby June Production | |||
| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 0:16:01 | |||
| Label | SA RE GA MA | |||
| Producer | Pradyat Kumar Basu | |||
| Nachiketa Ghosh chronology | ||||
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All lyrics are written by Gouri Prasanna Majumdar and Pulak Banerjee; all music is composed by Nachiketa Ghosh. The song Hazar Takar Jharbatita become huge hit.
| No. | Title | Playback | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Khirki Theke Singhaduar" | Hemanta Mukherjee | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Hazar Takar Jharbatita" | Manna Dey and Hemanta Mukherjee | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Jemon Sapinike Posh Manay Ojha" | Manna Dey | 3:10 |
| 4. | "Sakshi Thakuk Jhora Pata" | Hemanta Mukherjee | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Sakhi Kalo Amar Bhalo" | Manna Dey and Hemanta Mukherjee | |
| Total length: | 16:01 | ||
Reception edit
The Times of India wrote "Stree, one of the finest works of Uttam Kumar, reminds us that icons like him are rare. Uttam Kumar stepped out of his romantic image and tried something just the opposite. A drunkard Bengali zamindar without any sense of chastity – he was unrecognizable in this negative character. Yet he bamboozled everyone with this persona. Even critics admitted only Uttam Kumar can do this. The Uttam-Soumitra movie remains a classic one and Uttam's dialogues still haunt us.[6] The film become blockbuster at the box office and ran for 24 weeks in the theaters.
Awards edit
- BFJA Awards (1973)[7]
- BFJA Best Actor - Uttam Kumar
- BFJA Best Actor In a Supporting Role - Soumitra Chatterjee
- BFJA Award Best Dialogue - Salil Dutta
- BFJA Award Best Lyrics - Pulak Bandopadhyay
- BFJA Award Best Music Direction - Nachiketa Ghosh
- BFJA Award Best Playback Singer (Male) - Manna Dey
Remake edit
The film was remade in Hindi in 1982 as Ayaash directed and produced by Shakti Samanta and starring Sanjeev Kumar in lead.
References edit
- ^ "'Sanyasi Raja' - Bengali films that proved Uttam Kumar was not just a romantic matinee idol". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Stree". Gomolo. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Stree, retrieved 2 August 2022
- ^ "Stree (1972) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "স্ত্রী (Film): Reviews, Ratings, Cast and Crew - Rate Your Music".
- ^ "'Stree - Bengali films that proved Uttam Kumar was not just a romantic matinee idol". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Retrieved 20 July 2023.[dead link]
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