#Sathi #sathimoviejeet #sathimovie Sathi (lit. 'Partner') is a 2002 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Starring Jeet and Priyanka Trivedi, the film marked the former's debut. It served as the Bengali remake of the 1999 Tamil film Thulladha Manamum Thullum and became the highest grossing Bengali film of that year, with a Box office collection of ₹9.80 crore.[1] Sathi is notable for being the debut film of actor Jeet, who achieved a major career breakthrough through this film. 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. S. P. Venkatesh composed the film's music. Upon its release on 14 June 2002, Sathi emerged as a commercially and critically successful venture, eventually becoming the highest-grossing Bengali film of the year and consequently, one of the highest-grossers of Bengali cinema. Jeet received appraisals for his performance; he was conferred with a BFJA Award. In its total theatrical run, the film grossed about ₹9.80 crore. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Music 4 References 5 External links Plot Bijoy (Jeet) is an aspiring, talented singer, who resides in a village of Burdwan district. He has a caring and loving mother and a helpful brother. He comes to Calcutta 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 Keshtoda (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. 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 something or the other mishaps occurs which make Sonali misunderstand. Thus Sonali has a different picture of Bijoy in her sub-consciousness. She does not realize that one she admirers is the same person whom she hates. Things come to standstill, when Bijoy accidentally pushes Sonali from the stairs of her college and she becomes blind. When Bijoy comes to know about 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$700), Bijoy secretly wards off to Visakhapatnam with the desting to sale one of his kidney's. Bijoy sacrifices his passion to become a vocalist and secretly supports Sonali to fulfill her dream of becoming a singer, while Sonali gets success in her first stint at the recording studios, Bijoy is arrested as a terrorist on the platform of Vizag station. Thus with Bijoy's money Sonali regains eyesight and becomes a famous singer while Bijoy is sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment. The day Bijoy returns after completing his sentence turns out to be the same day when Sonali was attending her musical concert. Bijoy after arriving at Howrah station eyes the hoardings of having huge cutouts of Sonali. He reaches the spot but when he tries to contact Sonali and explain to her that he is her Bijoy, he is brutally hammered by the security. Keshtoda and Bijoy's friend arrive at the juncture. They explain to Sonali the entire truth. Sonali realises that the one she has neglected for ever is her long lost love. They reunite amidst a jubilant crowd. Cast The cast is listed below:[2][3] Jeet as Bijoy Priyanka Trivedi as Sonali 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 Directed by Haranath Chakraborty Written by Monotosh Chakraborty (Screenplay & Dialogues) Story by Ezhil Based on Thulladha Manamum Thullum (Tamil) Produced by Shree Venkatesh Films Starring Jeet Priyanka Trivedi Ranjit Mallick Cinematography V. Prabhakar Edited by Swapan Guha Music by S. P. Venkatesh Distributed by Shree Venkatesh Films Release date 14 June 2002 Running time 143 minutes Country India Language Bengali Box office ₹10 crore

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