Sati (1989)

8.8/10 140 min History Drama

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.

Cast

Shabana Azmi

Uma

Arun Bannerjee

Nabin, school teacher

Kali Bannerjee

Ganga Charan

Pradip Mukherjee

Hari Charan

Arindam Ganguly

Kali Charan

Shakuntala Barua

Sabitri

Ratna Ghoshal

Nabin's wife

Ketaki Dutta

Ganga Charan's widow

Monu Mukherjee

Mr. Dutta

Subrata Sensharma

Laboni Sarkar

Pushpo

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