Lathi (1996 film)

Lathi
Lathi
Directed by	Prabhat Roy
Screenplay by	Prabhat Roy
Story by	Prabhat Roy
Produced by	Shanti Film Corporation
Starring	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;
Cinematography	Kartik Bose
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Release date	20/12/1996
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Lathi 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.

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
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
as Jyotin Banerjee, Atindramohan's eldest son
Kaushik Banerjee as Bipin Banerjee
Koushik Sen
Chandan Sen
Gita Dey
Debika Mitra as Jyotin's wife
as Bipin's wife
June Malia as Sonali, Atindramohan's granddaughter
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	Ref.
National Award	1997	National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare	Robin Agarwal, Prabhat Roy	Won	^[2]
BFJA Award	1997	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Victor Banerjee	Won
BFJA Award	1997	Best Art Direction	Kartik Bose	Won	^[3]

References[]

^ "Lathi (1996)". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
^ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "1997 award winners". bfjaaward.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

External links[]

Lathi at IMDb
Lathi (1996 film) in Gomolo

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[1] "Lathi (1996)". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[2] "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[3] "1997 award winners". bfjaaward.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

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