Stree (1972 film)

Stree
Directed bySalil Dutta
Written byBimal Mitra
Screenplay bySalil Dutta
Based onStree by Bimal Mitra
Produced byPradyot Kumar Basu
Starring
CinematographyBijoy Ghosh
Edited byAmiyo Mukhopadhyay
Music byNachiketa Ghosh
Production
company
Baby June Production
Distributed byS. B. Films
Release date
  • 18 August 1972 (1972-08-18)
Running time
141 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Stree is a 1972 Indian Bengali language romantic action film directed by Salil Dutta. Based on the novel of Bimal Mitra as same title and the era of the plot showing during the Second World War.[1] Produced by Baby June Productions marking their second venture, it stars Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee and Arati Bhattacharya in lead roles.[2] The soundtrack of the film was composed by Nachiketa Ghosh,[3] with the lyrics penned by Gauriprasanna Mazumder and Pulak Bandyopadhyay.

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. It was later remade in Hindi in 1982 as Ayaash starring Sanjeev Kumar, Arun Govil and Rati Agnihotri in lead roles.

  1. ^ Stree, retrieved 2 August 2022
  2. ^ "'Sanyasi Raja' - Bengali films that proved Uttam Kumar was not just a romantic matinee idol". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Stree". Gomolo. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.