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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] Film regarded as one of the most iconic and greatest film of Bengali Cinema history and as well as Uttam Kumar's career. His performance was practically outstanding. Film become blockbuster hit.

Stree
Directed by	Salil Dutta
Written by	Bimal Mitra
Screenplay by	Salil Dutta
Produced by	Pradyot Kumar Basu
Starring	Uttam Kumar Soumitra Chatterjee Arati Bhattacharya
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	2:20:19
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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.[4]

Cast

• 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

Stree
Soundtrack album by Nachiketa Ghosh
Released	1972
Recorded	1971
Studio	Baby June Production
Length	0:16:01
Label	SA RE GA MA
Producer	Pradyat Kumar Basu
Nachiketa Ghosh chronology
Notun Diner Alo (1972) Stree (1972) Agnibhramar (1973)

Reception

The film become blockbuster hit and ran for 24 weeks in theater. This is one of the third film where two legends Uttam and Soumitra work together. Uttam Kumar performance as Madhab Dutta being one of the best performance in his life.

Awards

BFJA Awards (1973)

• BFJA Best Actor - Uttam Kumar
• BFJA Best Actor In a Supporting Role - Soumitra Chatterjee
• BFJA Best Dialogue - Salil Dutta
• BFJA Best Lyrics - Pulak Bandopadhyay
• BFJA Best Music - Nachiketa Ghosh
• BFJA 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 is directed and produced by Shakti Samanta.

References

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