Strir Patra

Strir Patra
Directed byPurnendu Patri
Written byPurnendu Patri (screenplay); Rabindranath Tagore (original story)
Produced byDhrupadi
StarringMadhabi Mukherjee, Santosh Dutta, Rajeshwari Roychowdhury
CinematographyShakti Banerjee
Music byRamkumar Chatterjee
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Strir Patra (also Streer Patra; English: A Wife's Letter) is a 1972 Bengali film, directed by Purnendu Patri, based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore. Madhabi Mukherjee plays the lead role. Tagore's story, first published in 1914, is considered to be a path-breaking feminist text.[1][2] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali,[3] as well as a number of BFJA Awards.[4]

  1. ^ Chakraborty, Sridarshini. "On Streer Patra". Silhouette Magazine. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Tagore and his women: Works that conveyed feminism very strongly". The Indian Express. IANS. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Twentieth National Awards for Excellence in Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  4. ^ "BFJA Awards (1974)". gomolo.com. Retrieved 31 January 2018.