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Maa (1959 Film)
Maa is a 1959 Indian Oriya film directed by Nitai Palit. Cast * Gour Prasad Ghose Gour may refer to: * Hari Singh Gour (1870-1949), Indian lawyer, educator, and writer * Joseph-Omer Gour (1893-1959), Canadian politician * Rimstone, a cave formation * Gauḍa (city), a medieval Indian city * Gour, a place in Malda district, West ... * Chandana * Laxmipriya Mahapatra Music References 1959 films 1950s Odia-language films {{Odia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gour Prasad Ghose , one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan
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Gour may refer to: * Hari Singh Gour (1870-1949), Indian lawyer, educator, and writer * Joseph-Omer Gour (1893-1959), Canadian politician * Rimstone, a cave formation * Gauḍa (city), a medieval Indian city * Gour, a place in Malda district, West Bengal, India * Gaur Brahmins, an Indian caste of Brahmins or landlords * Garha, an Indian caste of Muslims * Gour Kingdom, an ancient kingdom based in Sylhet, Bangladesh **Gour Govinda (r. 1260-1303), the final ruler of Gour See also * Gauda (other) * Gaur * Ghor Province Ghōr (Dari: ), also spelled Ghowr or Ghur, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the northwest. The province contains eleven districts, encompassing hundreds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parbati Ghose
Parbati Ghose (born Chapala Nayak; 28 March 1933 – 11 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odia Language
Odia (, ISO: , ; formerly rendered Oriya ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha (formerly rendered Orissa), where native speakers make up 82% of the population, and it is also spoken in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Odia is one of the many official languages of India; it is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand. The language is also spoken by a sizeable population of 700,000 people in Chhattisgarh. Odia is the sixth Indian language to be designated a classical language, on the basis of having a long literary history and not having borrowed extensively from other languages. The earliest known inscription in Odia dates back to the 10th century CE. History Odia is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Aryan language family. It descends from Odra Prakrit, which evolved from Magadhi Prakrit, which was spoken in east India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pranab Patnaik
Pranab is an Indian name, common among Assamese, Bengalis, Odias and Nepalis. Notable people with the name include: * Pranab Bardhan (born 1939), Indian economist * Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020), Indian politician * Pranab Roy Pranab Roy (born 10 February 1963) is a former Indian cricketer who played two Test matches for India. Early life He received his early education at Rama Chandra School in Kolkata. His father Pankaj Roy taught him cricket when he was 5 yea ... (born 1963), Indian cricketer {{given name Indian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurukrushna Goswami
Gurukrushna Goswami (7 November 1934 – 6 May 2018) was an Indian Odia lyricist. He had made contribution in form of numerous songs' lyrics belonging to various styles. His career spanned over five decades. Additionally, he is credited with script writing Script may refer to: Writing systems * Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire * Script (styles of handwriting) ** Script typeface, a typeface with characteristics of handw ... and music direction. References 1934 births 2018 deaths Ollywood People from Odisha Indian lyricists Odia-language lyricists Recipients of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award {{India-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akshaya Mohanty
Akshaya Mohanty, also known as ''Khoka Bhai'', was an Indian singer, lyricist, composer, musician and writer in Odia. He has contributed Odia bhajans, Odissi songs, folk songs, film and non-film modern light songs in Odisha on contemporary themes and ballads based on popular legends in Odisha. Life history Early life Mohanty was born to Bichitrananda Mohanty and Subarna Manjari Mohanty at Cuttack on 12 October 1936. Mohanty had no formal training in music. At the age of 22 in 1956, he joined Government services in his home city Cuttack, but quit after seven years in 1963. He became an approved lyricist in All India Radio, Cuttack in 1956. By 1959 he became an approved composer in All India Radio. Family He was married to Prabina Mohanty in 1967. He has two sons and two daughters. His son Chitrabhanu Mohanty is a stage singer. Career Akshaya recorded his first song ''Gadiala Bhai Dharichhi Sura Re'' in 50s. His first song as a playback singer was ''Gori Gori Gori'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
