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{{Infobox film
| name = Lathi
| image = Lathi_(1996).jpeg
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| director = [[Prabhat Roy]]
| producer = Shanti Film Corporation
| writer =
| screenplay = [[Prabhat Roy]]
| story = [[Prabhat Roy]]
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| starring = {{ubl|[[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]]}}
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| music = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
| cinematography = Kartik Bose
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| released = 20/12/1996
| runtime = 160 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
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'''''Lathi''''' ({{Trans|Stick}}) is a 1996 Bengali family drama film directed by [[Prabhat Roy]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Lathi (1996)|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/lathi/movieshow/66376447.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> The Film stars [[Victor Banerjee]] as the protagonist. It also stars [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]], [[Debashree Roy]], [[Satabdi Roy]], [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]], [[Abhishek Chatterjee]], [[Pallavi Chatterjee]], [[Rituparna Sengupta]], [[Deepankar De]], [[Tota Roy Chowdhury]], [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]] and [[Kaushik Sen]]. The music of the film has been composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]].Did not work at box office. Box office declared that it's a Mixed Response.

==Music==

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== Plot ==
Atindranath Banerjee 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 (Prosenjit Chatterjee) and his daughter Lipi (Satabdi Roy) 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 saves 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 Banani (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 Sonali(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 there 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 ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Victor Banerjee]] as Atindramohan Banerjee
* [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] as Somnath Mukherjee, Atindramohan's son-in-law
* [[Debashree Roy]] as Late Kalyani Banerjee (flashback)
* [[Satabdi Roy]] as Lipi Mukherjee, Atindramohan's daughter
* [[Rituparna Sengupta]] as Banani
* [[Joy Badlani]]
* [[Pallavi Chatterjee]] as Uma (deceased)
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Sadananda, Atindramohan's friend (deceased)
* [[Sabyasachi Chakraborty]] as Prashanta's father,an IPS officer
* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]] as Nabin Banerjee, Atindramohan's youngest son
* [[Tota Roy Chowdhury]] as Prashanta, Sonali's boyfriend
* [[Deepankar De]] as Bivash Dastidar
* [[Manoj Mitra]] as Shibshankar
* [[Mrinal Mukherjee]] as Sashikanta Bhattacharya, an MLA
* [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]] as Pranotosh
* [[Nirmal Kumar]]
* [[Dulal Lahiri]] as Narayan Sen (deceased)
* [[Arindam Sil]] as Swarup, Sadananda's son
* [[Bodhisattwa Majumdar]] as Jyotin Banerjee, Atindramohan's eldest son
* [[Kaushik Banerjee]] as Bipin Banerjee
* [[Koushik Sen]]
* [[Chandan Sen]]
* [[Gita Dey]]
* [[Debika Mitra]] as Jyotin's wife
* [[Sanghamitra Bandopadhyay]] as Bipin's wife
* [[June Malia]] as Sonali, Atindramohan's granddaughter
* [[Pushpita Mukerjee]] as Pinki, Atindramohan's granddaughter
* [[Rita Koiral]] as Swarup's wife
* [[Soham Chakraborty]] (Master Bittu) <small>(Child Artist)</small> as Young Jyotin Banerjee
* [[Saheb Bhattacharya]]
{{colend}}

== Awards ==
{|class="wikitable"
!Title
!Year
!Category
!Nominee
!Result
!{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!National Award
|1997
|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare]]
|Robin Agarwal, [[Prabhat Roy]]
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/73_44thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=3 December 2020|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725232620/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/73_44thNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards|BFJA Award]]
| rowspan="2" |1997
|Best Actor in a Leading Role
|[[Victor Banerjee]]
|{{won}}
|
|-
|Best Art Direction
|Kartik Bose
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfjaaward.com/award-winners.php?year=1997 |title=1997 award winners |work=bfjaaward.com |accessdate=2015-04-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062508/http://www.bfjaaward.com/award-winners.php?year=1997 |archivedate= 4 March 2016 }}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=4152086}}
* [http://www.gomolo.com/lathi-movie/14944 Lathi (1996 film)] in Gomolo

[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:1997 film awards]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Prabhat Roy]]
[[Category:1990s Bengali-language films]]

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