Stree (1972 film)


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, a homeless youth, comes to landlord Madhav Dutta's house and gets a job as his cameraman. Sitapati discovers his former girlfriend Mrinmoyee 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.

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