Sati (1989)
Overview
Uma, a mute Brahmin girl, lives with her uncle's family as she is an orphan. Since Uma has a faulty horoscope which indicate widowhood, the family finds it impossible to get her married off. According to a custom prevalent at the time, Uma is given in marriage to a tree.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | bn |
| Popularity | 0.106 |
Directed By
Aparna Sen
Crew
Aparna Sen
Arun Bannerjee
Shaktipada Roy
Aparna Sen
Kartik Basu
Chidananda Das Gupta
Chandan Raichaudhri
Debasis Majumdar
Ashok Mehta
Ravi Malik
Kamal Kumar Majumdar
TOP CAST
Shabana Azmi
Uma
Arun Bannerjee
Nabin, school teacher
Kali Bannerjee
Ganga Charan
Ketaki Dutta
Ganga Charan's widow
Pradip Mukherjee
Hari Charan
Arindam Ganguly
Kali Charan
Monu Mukherjee
Mr. Dutta
Shakuntala Barua
Sabitri
Laboni Sarkar
Pushpo
Ratna Ghoshal
Nabin's wife
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