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| Directed by | Prabhat Roy
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| Produced by | Shanti Film Corporation |
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| Cinematography | Kartik Bose
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| Music by | Bappi Lahiri
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali
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Lathi (Template:Trans) is a 1996 Bengali family drama film directed by Prabhat Roy.[1] 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
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
- 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) (Child Artist) as Young Jyotin Banerjee
- Saheb Bhattacharya
Awards
| Title | Year | Category | Nominee | Result | Template:Tooltip |
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| National Award | 1997 | National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare | Robin Agarwal, Prabhat Roy | Template:Won | [2] |
| BFJA Award | 1997 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Victor Banerjee | Template:Won | |
| Best Art Direction | Kartik Bose | Template:Won | [3] |
References
- ↑ Lathi (1996). The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ↑ 44th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ↑ 1997 award winners.
External links
- Template:Imdb title
- Lathi (1996 film) in Gomolo