Saat Pake Bandha

Saat Pake Bandha is a Bengali romantic film starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Suchitra Sen, Pahari Sanyal and Tarun Kumar. Directed by Ajoy Kar, it was a box office success upon its release. The movie was remade in 1963 in Telugu as Vivaha Bandham, in 1974 in Hindi as Kora Kagaz 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 Bose (Dutta) (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
 * Pahari Sanyal as Archana's Father
 * Chhaya Devi as Archana's Mother
 * Molina Devi as Sukhendu's Aunt

Awards

 * Moscow International Film Festival
 * 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