Sati (film)
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| Sati | |
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| Directed by | Aparna Sen |
| Starring | Shabana Azmi |
| Cinematography | Ashok Mehta |
| Release dates | 1989 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Sati is a Bengali movie released in 1989 directed by Aparna Sen.The movie featured Shabana Azmi.
Synopsis
The young Brahmin girl (Shabana Azmi) in this story has a disastrous horoscope. In an Indian village in 1828, this can be a real handicap. The fact that she is mute only compounds her difficulties. Her horoscope predicts that she will become a widow at an early age. If this turns out as predicted, in addition to being bad luck for her prospective husbands, it is bad luck for her, as she will, according to the customs of the time, have to commit suttee, sati. That means she will have to be burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre. To avoid this fate, her family has hit upon the appealing strategem of having her marry a banyan tree.
Cast
- Shabana Azmi as ... Uma
External links
- Sati at the Internet Movie Database
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