Santan (1999 film)

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Santan
Directed by Anjan Choudhury
Music byAsim Chattopadhyay
Distributed byBharat Bhusan Mangla
Release date
1999
Country India
Language Bengali

Santan (transl. child) is a 1999 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Anjan Choudhury. [1]

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Plot

The film explores the relationship between three sons and their parents. After marriage, the three sons and their wives make the parents and the sister mere servants. Once, one of the children brought one of his colleagues to live in the room in which their parents stayed and asked the parents to sleep on the staircase in the house. The person realised this and was proud to think of their parents as his parents. He made a plan and told the three sons that his father possesses 1.5 lakh rupees and will give it to the child who takes the maximum care of their parents. By this trap, the children start to really love their parents. Ultimately, this person becomes successful in his attempt to reunite the parents with their three sons and their wives. [2]

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References

  1. "Santan Cast & Crew". gomolo.com. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. "Santan - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 20 April 2023.