Sathi (2002 film)

For the 1938 film, see Sathi (1938 film).

Sathi
The DVD cover film Sathi.
Directed by	Haranath Chakraborty
Produced by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Written by	Monotosh Chakraborty (Screenplay & Dialogues)
Story by	Ezhil
Based on	Thulladha Manamum Thullum (Tamil)
Starring	Jeet Priyanka Trivedi Ranjit Mallick
Music by	S. P. Venkatesh
Cinematography	V. Prabhakar
Edited by	Swapan Guha
Distributed by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date	14 June 2002 (2002-06-14)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali
Box office	₹10 crore

Sathi (known also as Saathi, Sathee or Saathee) (English: Companion) is a 2002 Indian Bengali romantic musical drama film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. The film stars Jeet and Priyanka Trivedi. This film is Jeet's cinematic debut. It is the Bengali remake of the 1999 Tamil film Thulladha Manamum Thullum. The film became the highest grossing Bengali films of that year with a box office collection of Rs.9.80 crore.

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

• Jeet as Bijoy, a talented singer from Burdwan
• Priyanka Trivedi as Sonali, who becomes a renowned singer with the help of Bijoy
• Ranjit Mallick as Keshto Da, who helped Bijoy
• 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

Music

Sathi
Soundtrack album by S. P. Venkatesh
Released	2002
Recorded	2001
Studio	Shree Venkatesh Films
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Producer	Shree Venkatesh Films
S. P. Venkatesh chronology
Sathi (2002) Sangee (2003)
Singles from Sathi
"Ei Bhalobasha" Released: 3 Jun 2016 "Bolbo Tomaye" Released: 20 Jun 2014 "O Bondhu (Female Version)" Released: 21 Jan 2016 "Ei Gaan" Released: 22 Feb 2016 "Bolbo Tomaye" Released: 14 Jun 2017 "Porabasi Dak Diye Jaye" Released: 14 Jun 2017

All lyrics are written by Gautam Sushmit; all music is composed by S. P. Venkatesh.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
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

External links

• Sathi on IMDb