Lathi (1996 film)

Lathi
Lathi
Directed by	Prabhat Roy
Screenplay by	Prabhat Roy
Story by	Prabhat Roy
Produced by	Shanti Film Corporation
Starring	Victor Banerjee; Soumitra Chatterjee; Satabdi Roy; Abhishek Chatterjee; Pallavi Chatterjee; Prosenjit Chatterjee; Debashree Roy; Rituparna Sengupta; Deepankar De; Sabyasachi Chakrabarty; Kaushik Sen; Tota Roychowdhury; June Malia;
Cinematography	Kartik Bose
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Release date	1996;
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Lathi is a 1996 Bengali family drama film directed by Prabhat Roy. The Film stars Victor Banerjee as the protagonist. It also stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Satabdi Roy, Abhishek Chatterjee, Pallavi Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Deepankar De, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Kaushik Sen. The music of the film has been composed by Bappi Lahiri.

Music

Plot

Atindranath Bannerjee during his old-age and after his retirement after the long-term service in a local school get recognition and farewell from the same.

While returning home he gets his son-in-law, Somnath and his daughter Lipi to him back home. But, while returning home he finds that some daily availers is beating and harassing an old women belonging to the lower section of the society and stating that she is a kidnapper. He protests and save that old women.

By the harassment of his sons (Koushik Bannerjee, Bodhiswatta) and daughter in laws he decides to treat them using stick and help them to improve. But, his youngest son (Abhishek Chatterjee) marries Sonali (Rituparna Sengupta) without letting his father know.

But his father, provides everything and them started living in a slum and started teaching there. But, there also a political leader started harassing him. Meanwhile, his granddaughter June Malia gets involved in a sexual relationship with Tota Roychowdhury and gets pregnant. But at last everything becomes okey by the request of Victor Banerjee and he finishes the political leader and gets back to the slum and starts teaching their again.

Lathi (stick) here in this movie is used and stated that it is used by old man to improve the quality of living.

Cast

Victor Banerjee as Atimdranath
Prosenjit Chatterjee as Somnath
Debashree Roy as Kalyani
Satabdi Roy as Lipi
Rituparna Sengupta as Banani
Joy Badlani
Pallabi Chatterjee as Uma
Soumitra Chatterjee
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Abhishek Chatterjee
Tota Roy Chowdhury
Deepankar De
Manoj Mitra
Haradhan Bandopadhyay
Nirmal Kumar
Dulal Lahiri
Arindam Sil
Bodhisatto Majumdar
Koushik Bandyopadhyay
Koushik Sen
Chandan Sen
Gita Dey
Debika Mitra
Sanghamitra Bandopadhyay
June Malya as Sonali
Pushpita Mukerjee
Rita koiral
Soham Chakraborty (Master Bittu) (Child Artist)
Saheb Bhattacharya

Awards

BFJA Awards (1997), Best Actor: Victor Banerjee, Best Art Direction: Kartik Bose^[1]

References

^ "1997 award winners". bfjaaward.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Lathi at IMDb
Lathi (1996 film) in Gomolo

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