Stree

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 and the era of the plot showing during the Second World War. 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. 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