Atindranath Bannerjee, a retired teacher, faces harassment from his family members and decides to discipline them. Later, he shifts to a slum and starts teaching underprivileged children.
Acting
Victor Banerjee's simmering rage barely contained behind teacherly patience.
Direction
Prabhat Roy lets silence do the screaming.
Writing
The title's double meaning hits harder on rewatch.
Director
Prabhat Roy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
'Lathi' literally means 'stick' or 'cane' — the film's title weaponizes a word for both punishment and protection.
Released during Bengali cinema's 1990s commercial crisis, this was Prabhat Roy's deliberate return to middle-class social realism.
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