''Bandhu Mohanty'' (1977) is an

Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

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film directed by

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 eve ...

. Gopal Chotrai penned the dialogue of the film.

Synopsis

Bandhu Mohanty is a devotee of

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Jagganath. He lives with his wife and children and maintains his livelihood by

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. When there is a

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in the village, he comes to

Puri Puri () is a coastal city and a Nagar Palika, municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is als ...

with his wife and children. Soon, they can not find food anywhere. When his wife asks him to pray to end their starvation, Bandhu prays to god, who helps him. Jagganath listens to his devotee's prayers and asks

Goddess Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...

to meet their needs.

Cast

* Govind Tej ... Bandhu Mohanty * Shanti Swaroop ... God Jaganath * Dhira Biswal ... King Gajapati *

Anita Das Anita Das (1 October 1953 – 11 May 2018) was an Indian film and television actress in Odia cinema. She received three Odisha State Film Awards during her career. Das died of cardiac arrest which resulted from a heart attack on 11 May 2018 at ...

... Goddess Lakshmi * Banaja Mohanty * Lila Dulali * Bhim Singh * Biren Routrai * Prafula Misra * Sagarika

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by

Prafulla Kar Prafulla Kar (16 February 1939 – 17 April 2022) was an Odia musician, singer, lyricist, writer and columnist. He received Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India in 2015 for his contribution in the field of a ...

. He was awarded as Best music composer for this film in

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Box office

The Film got success and became a hit.

Awards

1977 ** Best Film ** Best Director -

** Best Actor - Gobind Tej ** Best Music Director -

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0249385 1977 films 1970s Odia-language films