Strir Patra

Strir Patra
Directed byPurnendu Patri
Written byPurnendu Patri (screenplay); Rabindranath Tagore (original story)
Produced byDhrupadi
StarringMadhabi Mukherjee, Santosh Dutta, Rajeshwari Roychowdhury
CinematographyShakti Banerjee
Music byRamkumar Chatterjee
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Strir Patra (also Streer Patra; English: A Wife's Letter) is a 1972 Bengali film, directed by Purnendu Patri, based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore. Madhabi Mukherjee plays the lead role. Tagore's story, first published in 1914, is considered to be a path-breaking feminist text. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali, as well as a number of BFJA Awards.