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Sati(Movie, 1989)

2h 20min | Genres: History, Drama
SatiRating: 5.0/5 (with 11 vote)
Sati is a Bengali film released in 1989 written and directed by Aparna Sen. Based on a story by Kamal Kumar Majumdar, the film is about mute orphan girl who is married to a Banyan tree because her horoscope suggests that she would be a sati, and her husband would die. The film had Shabana Azmi and Arun Banerjee in lead roles. Along with her previous films, Parama (1984), Aparna Sen became the first female director in Bengali cinema to explore gender issues and feminist perspective. ()
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About Sati

Uma, a mute Brahmin girl, lives with her uncle's family as she is an orphan. Since Uma has a faulty horoscope which indicate widowhood, the family finds it impossible to get her married off. According to a custom prevalent at the time, Uma is given in marriage to a tree.

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Additional Information

Production country: India
Made by: NFDC
Original language: Bengali (BN)
Spoken languages: Bengali (BN)
Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 11/23/1989
Cast: Shabana Azmi, Kali Banerjee, Laboni Sarkar
Director: Aparna Sen
Director of Photography: Ashok Mehta
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Suttee"
Keywords: woman director

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