Sathi (2002 film)
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Priyanka Trivedi Ranjit Mallick | |
Cinematography | V. Prabhakar |
Edited by | Swapan Guha |
Music by | S. P. Venkatesh |
Distributed by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Box office | ₹9.80 crore[1] |
Sathi (transl. Partner) is a 2002 Indian
Sathi is notable for being the debut film of Jeet, who achieved a major career breakthrough and established himself to be one of the leading superstars in Bengali cinema. Haranath Mukherjee, besides directing the film, co-wrote the screenplay along with Monotosh Chakraborty. V. Prabhakar handled the cinematography while the editing was finished by Swapan Guha. The soundtrack and background score was composed by S.P Venkatesh.
Upon its release on 14 June 2002, Sathi emerged a commercially and critically successful venture, eventually becoming the
Plot
Bijoy Ray (Jeet) is an aspiring, talented singer, who resides in a village of Burdwan district. He has a caring and loving mother (Sumitra Mukherjee) and a helpful brother Chhottu. He comes to Kolkata on the call of a musical tycoon but when he finally arrives at his home Bijoy is shocked to find his mentor dead. He takes refuge with the alcoholic Keshto da (Ranjit Mallick), who has a heart of gold. He architects a group of peers and all of them begin to work for an insurance company.
In the meanwhile Bijoy views Sonali (Priyanka Trivedi) who stays in the same locality with her grandmother (Anamika Saha). Sonali knows Bijoy in a peculiar way. She has never seen him, but when Bijoy chants his numbers, she hears them utmost interest and becomes his ardent admirer. But whenever Bijoy and Sonali physically meet each other, mishaps occur which make Sonali misunderstand. Thus Sonali has a different picture of Bijoy in her sub-consciousness. She does not realize that the one she admires is the same person whom she hates.
Things come to standstill, when Bijoy accidentally pushes Sonali from the stairs of her college during a fight with goons and she becomes blind. When Bijoy learns of this, he is shattered. Then begins his series of sacrifices and love, he helps the financially strained Sonali and her grandmother by giving their rent. He brings the duo at their mess when they are expelled by their landlord and finally he sells the precious ring (Bijoy's mother's gift) to allocate the fees and cost required for Sonali's eye treatment. Even when his mother expires he keeps it a secret to everyone and takes Sonali to the eye surgeon. There he knows that Sonali can regain her eyesight if she undergoes an acute and complex operation. To acquire the cost of ₹50,000 (US$600), Bijoy secretly wards off to
Cast
- Jeet as Bijoy Ray, an aspiring singer from Burdwan
- Priyanka Trivedias Sonali, the love interest of Bijoy who later becomes a renowned singer in Kolkata
- Ranjit Mallick as Keshto Da
- Anamika Saha as Sonali's grandmother
- Rajesh Sharma
- Kanchan Mullick as Bijoy's friend
- Sumitra Mukherjee as Bijoy's mother
- Pushpita Mukherjee as Sonali's friend
- Shyamal Dutta
- Premjit Mukherjee as Member of Rock Band (cameo)
- Sagnik Chatterjee as Head Member of Rock Band (cameo)
- Sanghamitra Bandopadhyay as Keshto Da's wife
- Ramen Roy Chowdhury
Production
Development and casting
After the successful venture Pratibad(2001), Haranath Chakraborty initially approached Prosenjit Chatterjee to play Bijoy in Sathi making their 8th collaboration. After hearing the story, Chatterjee rejected the role as his age wouldn't match with the age of Bijoy. Then he suggested Chakraborty to find a new face for the role. Jisshu U Sengupta auditioned for the role, but was rejected later. Then Jeet came on the board, who was doing theatre then and struggling for cinemas. Priyanka Trivedi was selected to play opposite Jeet and Ranjit Mallick was signed for another pivotal role marking his 12th collaboration with Haranath Chakraborty.
Shooting
The shooting took placed in Kolkata, Burdwan, Bolpur and Ramoji Film City. The climax scene of the film was shot at Geetanjali Cinema Hall, a single screen situated in Bolpur, while some song sequences were filmed at Ramoji Film City.
Dubbing
In the talk show 'Ghosh & Company', hosted by filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh, Jeet revealed that Haranath Chakraborty and Shrikant Mohta hadn't wanted him to dub for his role as he was a non-bengali. But Jeet,who was born and grew up in Kalighat and performed in a number of Bengali language dramas, made concentration to upscale his Bengali pronounciation. After a long hardwork, Jeet requested Chakraborty to allow him for the dubbing. Then hearing Jeet's clear Bengali pronounciation, Chakraborty agreed with him and finally Jeet dubbed for himself.
Soundtrack
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Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Language | Bengali | |||
Label | Eskay Video, Venus, Shraddha Music | |||
Producer | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
S. P. Venkatesh chronology | ||||
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Singles from Sathi | ||||
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All lyrics are written by Gautam Sushmit; all music is composed by S. P. Venkatesh
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "O Bondhu" | Gautam Sushmit | Manu | 06:09 |
2. | "Bolbo Tomaye" | Gautam Sushmit | Manu, Anuradha Sriram | 05:23 |
3. | "Aalap" | Swarnalata | ||
4. | "Ei Bhalobasha" | Gautam Sushmit | Manu | 05:33 |
6. | "O Bondhu (Reprise)" | Manu | ||
7. | "Porabasi Dak Diye Jaye" | Gautam Sushmit | Swarnalata, Prabhakar | 03:48 |
8. | "Ei Gaan" | Gautam Sushmit | Manu | 05:38 |
9. | "O Bondhu (Female Version)" | Gautam Sushmit | Anuradha Sriram | 06:12 |
10. | "Juge Juge Sab Bodlay" | Manu | 01:45 | |
11. | "Janina Kothao Aacho" | Manu | 04:00 |
References
- ^ "Top 5 Bengali films with good numbers at box office". Thestatesman.com. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Highest grossing Bengali movies". Indiatimes.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
External links
- Sathi at IMDb