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, released on 30 March 1973. It is based on Amulya Kumari Patnaik's novel of the same name.

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and Dhira Biswal acted in key roles.

Synopsis

Girish Choudhury is a pseudo-social activist and politician. He has two sons, Subhendu and Sudhir. To get popularity in society, he gets his daughter-in-law from a poor family for his son Subhendu. Subhendu doesn't like his wife Mamata and stays in town engaged in the contracting business with the help of his father. Girish's wife always tortures Mamata and asks for dowry. Mamata silently bears all the pain and torture caused by her mother-in-law. Sudhir, a revolutionist, doesn't accept the things happening in his house and revolts against his father, mother and brother. at last he gets success uniting Subhendu and Mamata.

Cast

as Subhendu Choudhury *

as Girish's wife *

as Rabi *

as Sudhir Choudhury * ''Dhira Biswal'' as Girish Choudhury * ''Sandhya Acharya'' as Mamata * ''Bhim Singh'' as Braja * ''Govind Tej'' as Usha's father * ''Shyamalendu Bhattacharjee'' as Sudhir's friend * ''Dinabandhu Das'' as Murali * ''Babaji Sahu'' as Mamu * ''Narendra Behera'' as Sudhir's friend * ''Aneema Pedini'' as Ragini * ''Alpana Nayak'' as Usha

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by Upendra Kumar.

Trivia

Actor

debuted in the film.

Awards

* 2nd

Orissa State Film Awards The Odisha State Film Awards have been conferred by the Department of Culture of the Government of Odisha, India. The awards were initiated in 1968. The awards are decided by independent juries formed by the Department of Culture. The jury ...

1974 ** Best Film ** Best director -

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