''Saat Pake Bandha'' is a Bengali romantic film starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Suchitra Sen,

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and Tarun Kumar. Directed by

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, it was a box office success upon its release. The movie was remade in 1963 in Telugu as ''

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'', in 1974 in Hindi as ''

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'' and in Tamil as '' Lalitha'' in 1976.

Plot

Professor Sukhendu Dutta ( Soumitra Chatterjee), a well-educated poor orphan, who lives with his aunt in a small apartment in Kolkata. Along with the regular job in the university, he also earns his living by private tuition. He met Archana Basu ( Suchitra Sen), a well-educated woman of rich family background in a private party thrown in honour of a student of Sukhendu. After that, they fell in love and got married. Archana's mother was not happy with the marriage from the beginning, considering the poor income of Sukhendu. Eventually her too much interference in the married life of Sukhendu and Archana led to a mutual separation.

Cast

* Soumitra Chatterjee as Sukhendu Dutta * Suchitra Sen as Archana Basu *

as Archana's Father *

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as Archana's Mother *

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as Sukhendu's Aunt

Awards

;

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...

*Silver Prize for Best Actress: Suchitra Sen ** 11th National Film Awards – '' Saat Pake Bandha'' received a Certificate of Merit for 2nd best film in Bengali

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* 1963 films Bengali-language Indian films Films scored by Hemant Kumar Films based on short fiction Bengali films remade in other languages 1960s Bengali-language films Films directed by Ajoy Kar Films based on works by Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay {{1960s-Bengali-film-stub