| Description |
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, all regions ; NTSC ; Dolby digital 5.1 or 2.0. |
| Note |
Title and credits from disc label. |
| Cast |
Shabana Azmi, Arun Banerjee, Kali Banerjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Arindam Ganguly, Ketaki Dutta, Shakuntala Barua, Ajit Banerjee, Bimal Dev, Manu Mukherjee, Dipankar Raha, Ratna Ghosal. |
| Credits |
Music, Chidananda Das Gupta ; camera, Ashok Mehta ; editor, Shaktipada Roy ; art direction, Kartick Bose. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989. |
| Summary |
Set in the 19th century, Uma is a young girl from a Brahmin family who is an orphan living with her uncle. She is mute and has a horoscope that predicts her husband's untimely death. In short, she can't be married off. In order to overcome the stigma of an unmarried girl in the family, she is married to a tree. Uma is mistreated by all. She is seduced by the village schoolteacher and becomes pregnant, leading to greater humiliation. Throughout it all, the tree becomes her companion and a bond develops between the two mute creatures. Ultimately, it is the tree that gives Uma dignity in her death. |
| Language |
In Bengali with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Mute persons -- India -- Drama.
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Women -- India -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Trees -- Social aspects -- India -- Drama.
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Horoscopes -- Social aspects -- India -- Drama.
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Sati -- Drama.
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India -- Drama.
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Mute persons. (OCoLC)fst01031157
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Sati. (OCoLC)fst01105662
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Trees -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01156110
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Women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176947
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India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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| Added Author |
Sen, Aparna, 1945-
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Bandyopādhyāẏa, Aruṇa.
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Azmi, Shabana, 1950-
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Bandyopādhyāẏa, Kālī, 1920-1993.
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Mukherjee, Pradip.
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Gāngulī, Arindama.
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Dutta, Ketaki.
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Barua, Shakuntala.
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Banerjee, Ajit.
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Dev, Bimal.
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Mukherjee, Manu.
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Raha, Dipankar.
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Ghosal, Ratna.
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National Film Development Corporation of India.
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Maxtech Entertainment (Firm)
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Shiva (Firm)
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| Note |
Also known as: Suttee |
| Music No. |
MXDVD 10 Maxtech Entertainment |
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