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directed by Siddhartha, which is a pseudonym for

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, & Ram Chandra Thakur. The film is based on Kanhu Charan Mohanty's award-winning literary masterpiece in the same name. The Film glorifies the story of a barren woman, who induced her husband to marry another woman for the sake of the birth of a child.

Synopsis

Nandika (

) and Sunanda (Gour Ghose) are happily married and live with mother-in-law Abhaya (

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) and sister-in law Kuni in their ancestral rural home. After seven years of marriage, Nadika is still childless. Abhaya always worries about a successor to her family. Friends and relatives always blame and offend Nandika for her barrenness. So Nandika decides to make a sacrifice and convinces Sunanda to marry a girl again for the sake of a child. With lot of pressure from his mother and wife, Sunanda does marry Lalita (Geetarani). Lalita compels Sunanda to take her to his home in the city and starts living there. Over time, destiny takes a turn and it is Nandika that gets pregnant. Lalita becomes envious fearing Sunanda may not return to her. However, it so happens, Nandika dies after giving birth to a child. Lalita repents and adopts Nandika's child as her own child.

Cast

- Sunanda *

- Nandika * Geetarani - Lalita *

- Abhaya * Byomokesh Tripathy * Krushna Chandra Pandey * Niranjan Satpathy * Mayadhar Raut * Kumud Patnaik * Gokulananda Parida * Babaji Nayak * Kunjanada Sahu

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Bhubanseswar Misra.

Trivia

The film's director, music composer and heroine have pseudonym names.

Box office

The film was made on a budget of INR 1,12,500.00. The film got a huge response and was a box office hit.

Awards

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

1966 ** President's Silver medal for Best

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film.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0317786 1965 films 1965 drama films 1960s Odia-language films 1966 drama films 1966 films