Stree (1972 film)

Stree
Directed by	Salil Dutta
Starring	Uttam Kumar Soumitra Chatterjee Arati Bhattacharya
Cinematography	Bijoy Ghosh
Edited by	Amiyo Mukhopadhyay
Music by	Nachiketa Ghosh
Distributed by	S. B. Films
Release date	18 August 1972
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Stree is a 1972 Bengali film directed by Salil Dutta starring actors Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee and Arati Bhattacharya. Nachiketa Ghosh composed the music.

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 extramaritial 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

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