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Sati Pitha
Sati or SATI may refer to: Entertainment * ''Sati'' (film), a 1989 Bengali film by Aparna Sen and starring Shabana Azmi * ''Sati'' (novel), a 1990 novel by Christopher Pike *Sati (singer) (born 1976), Lithuanian singer *Sati, a character in ''The Matrix Revolutions'' Institutes *Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, a college in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India *South African Translators' Institute, an association in South Africa representing translators and other language practitioners Places *Sati (castle), a medieval fortified town near Shkodër, Albania * Hesar-e Sati, a village in Shahriar County, Tehran Province, Iran * Sati-ye Olya, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Sati-ye Sofla, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Sati-ye Vosta, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran People * Sharaf al-Din Sati (died 1288), mystic, author, and manuscript producer Religion * Sati (Hindu goddess), Shiva's first wife, and after her death, reincarnated as Shiva's next wife, Parvati, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sati (film)
''Sati'' is a Bengali film released in 1989 written and directed by Aparna Sen. Based on a story by Kamal Kumar Majumdar, the film is about A mute orphan girl who is married to a Banyan tree because her horoscope suggests that she would be a sati, and her husband would die. The film had Shabana Azmi and Arun Banerjee in lead roles. Along with her previous films, '' Parama'' (1984), Aparna Sen became the first female director in Bengali cinema to explore gender issues and feminist perspective. Synopsis The young Brahmin girl (Shabana Azmi) in this story has a disastrous horoscope. In an Indian village in 1828, this can be a real handicap. The fact that she is mute only compounds her difficulties. Her horoscope predicts that she will become a widow at an early age. If this turns out as predicted, in addition to being bad luck for her prospective husbands, it is bad luck for her, as she will, according to the customs of the time, have to commit ''suttee'', sati. That means she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |