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Bhai Bhai (1956 Odia Film)
Bhai Bhai is a 1956 Oriya film produced by Gour Prasad Ghose and directed by Nitai Palit. The film was inspired by a book, ''Bhai Bhai'', written by Santanu Kumar Das. It was produced under the banner of Dalit Jatisangha Chitram, and received financial assistance from the Government of Orissa, India. It portrays the problems of untouchability and the caste system prevailing at that time in rural India. The film starred Parbati Ghose, the first female filmmaker from Odisha Synopsis In a village there are two sections of people leaving nearby. The upper cast people belongs to the Pradhans and the lower caste belongs to the Bauris. The Pradhan community are influential and landlords. The Bauri community are cultivation labourers, they work in the lands of the Pradhans. Bauris are treated as untouchable. Suduria is head of the village and is of upper caste. He is broad-minded and does not believe in untouchability. He has a soft corner for one Nidhi, who belongs to the Bauri cas ...
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Nitai Palit
Nityananda Palit, known as Nitai Palit (8 March 1923 – 26 July 1990) was a playwright, actor and director. In 1965, he received the President's Award from Indira Gandhi for direction in his film ''Malajahna''. This was the first Oriya film ever to be awarded the 'Silver Lotus' for direction and is still considered a classic. Filmography *''Malajahna'' (1965) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Palit, Nityananda 20th-century Indian male actors People from Cuttack Odia film directors 1923 births 1990 deaths Male actors from Odisha Film directors from Odisha ...
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Government Of Orissa
The government of the Indian state of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of Odisha is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government, and their post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The Orissa High Court, located in Cuttack, has jurisdiction over the whole state. The present Legislative Assembly of Odisha is unicameral, consisting of 147 Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved. The state of Odisha is represented at the centre by its 21 Member of Parliaments in the Lok Sabha and 10 Member of Parliaments in Rajya Sabha. There are 21 Lok Sabha constituencies from ...
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Indian Drama Films
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1950s Odia-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his ...
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1956 Films
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – ...
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Lila Dulali
Lila or LILA may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lila'' (album), debut album by American country music singer Lila McCann * ''Lila'' (movie), a 1968 sexploitation film * The Meaning of Lila, a comic strip written by John Forgetta and L. A. Rose * "Lila", an abstract work of art by Fernando De Szyszlo Literature * ''Lila'' (Robinson novel), a novel by Marilynne Robinson *'' Lila: An Inquiry into Morals'', a book by Robert Pirsig Places * Lila, Bohol, a municipality in the Philippines * Lila, Croatia, a village near Našice, Croatia Religion * Lila (Hinduism), an Indic concept of the universe as a playground of the divine * Leela attitude, an attitude of walking Buddha in Thai art Other uses * Lila (given name), a female given name (including a list of people with the name) * Lila, a name misunderstood to be a nickname of the trans-Neptunian object 136199 Eris * Lycée International de Los Angeles, a private French school in Los Angeles * Lila (cannon), a type of Mal ...
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Hemanta Das
Hemanta may refer to: * ''Hemanta'' (film), a 2016 Bengali language film *Hemanta Mukherjee metro station, a metro railway station in Kolkata, India People with the given name *Hemanta Bahadur B.C., Nepalese politician *Hemanta Dora, Indian football player *Hemanta Dutta, Indian director and dramatist *Hemanta Kalita, Indian politician *Hemanta Kumar Sarkar (1897–1952), Indian author and publisher *Hemanta Mishra (born 1945), Nepalese wildlife conservator and author *Hemanta Mukherjee (1920–1989), Indian musician and singer *Hemanta Sena, ruler of the Sena dynasty 1070–1096 *Hemanta Vincent Biswas (born 1995), Bangladeshi footballer See also *Hemant, an Indian male given name, including a list of people with the name * Hemanth (other), a variation of the name ''Hemant'', including a list of people with the name *Hemantha Hemantha is a Sinhalese masculine name. Notable people with the name include: * Hemantha Boteju (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer * Hemantha Deva ...
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Beena Palit
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* ''Beena'' (film), an Indian Malayalam film released in 1978


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Sahu Samuel
Sahu (Sahoo, or Shaw, or Shau, or Gupta, or Saha, or Saw, Shah). is a surname found in India and Pakistan. The meaning of the term "Sahu" may change from region to region.''. Usage In India, the surname is found among Gakhars, Marwadi, Janjuas, Jats and other Rajput communities. People of Dhund, Dhanial and Satti tribes also use the surname. In Ludhiana region, it is used by Grewal Jat people. A tribe of Jats, who are an offshoot of the Sial tribe, also use this surname. In the Kabirwala region, it is used by another Jat tribe. In Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, people with Sahu surname belong to the Marwadi business class and have been categorized in the general category. Sahus of Mahakaushal area (Gondwana) are also known as Malguzar, Seth, and Pethiya. In Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha people with Sahu, Saha or Gupta surnames belong to the trading community like sudhi, rauniyar, teli and gudia. The Sahu people in Maharashtra belong to the Marwari caste, and migrate ...
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Parbati Ghose (Chapala Nayak)
Parbati Ghose (born Chapala Nayak; 28 March 1942 – 12 February 2018) was an Indian actress, film director and film producer. Ghose was the first female filmmaker from the state of Odisha. Early life Ghose, who was one of eight siblings, was born as Chapala Nayak on 28 March 1933 in Manasinghpatana, Cuttack district, Odisha, British India. Her father, Basudev Naik, managed the Manmohan Press, a prominent book publisher. Ghose attended Sanat Nalini Girls High School. She also trained as a dancer under Kelucharan Mohapatra, Dayal Sharma, and Suresh Routray. Career Ghose began her career as a child voice actor on All India Radio before transitioning to on-screen film roles. She made her film debut as child artist of character Nila Madhav in 1949 film, ''Shri Jagannath''. Her big break came in the 1953 film '' Amari Gaan Jhua'' (''Our Village Girl''), where she was cast as the female lead actress. Amari Gaan Jhua, which explored the controversial practice of child marriage, ...
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Gopal Banarjee
Gopal may refer to: * Gopal (caste), a social community of Odisha in India * Gopal (Krishna), the infant/child form of Lord Krishna * Gopal Bansa, ancient Kingdom in Nepal * The Gopalas, an early Gaudiya Vaishnava institution * Gandhian Organisation for Peace and Liberty (GOPAL), an organization founded by Jayatirtha Dasa People with the given name * Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (1856–1895), Indian social reformer * Gopal Balakrishnan (born 1966), American philosopher * Gopal Baratham (1935–2002), Singaporean author and neurosurgeon * Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (1895–1981), Indian entomologist and naturalist * Gopal Bose (1947–2018), Indian cricketer * Gopal Gurunath Bewoor (1916–1989), Indian military officer and diplomat * Gopal Bhar, Medieval Bengali jester * Gopal Bhargava (born 1952), Indian politician * Gopal Bhatnagar, Canadian surgeon * Gopal Chakraborty (born 1936), Indian cricketer * Gopal Singh Chauhan, Indian politician * Gopal Chhotray (1916–2003), Indian ...
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The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ...
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