Bandhu Mohanty

Bandhu Mohanty
Poster
Directed by Nitai Palit
Produced by Dhiren Patnaik
Written by Nitai Palit
Starring Gobind Tej,
Shanti Swarup Misra,
Dhira Biswal,
Anita Das,
Banaja Mohanty
Music by Prafulla Kar
Edited by Madhu Banerjee
Production
company
Priya Darshini Films
Release date
  • 6 June 1977 (1977-06-06)
Running time
 172 min
Country India
Language Odia

Bandhu Mohanty (1977) is an Odia mythological film directed by Nitai Palit. Gopal Chotrai penned the dialogue of the film.[1][2][3][4][5]

Synopsis

Bandhu Mohanty is a devotee of God Jagganath. He lives with his wife and children and maintains his livelihood by begging. When there is a famine in the village, he comes to Puri 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 to meet their needs.

Cast

  • Govind Tej ... Bandhu Mohanty
  • Shanti Swaroop ... God Jaganath
  • Dhira Biswal ... King Gajapati
  • Anita Das ... Goddess Lakshmi
  • Banaja Mohanty
  • Lila Dulali
  • Bhim Singh
  • Biren Routrai
  • Prafula Misra
  • Sagarika

[6]

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Prafulla Kar. He was awarded as Best music composer for this film in Odisha State Film Awards

Song Lyrics Singer(s)
Kanhi Gale Shyama Ghana E Ghana KalarePrafulla KarChitta Jena
Chhada Chitta Chora Chhada ChhadaPrafulla KarVani Jayaram
Na Jaa Sajani Pahini RajaniPrafulla KarChitta Jena, Vani Jayaram
Namaste Prabhu JaganathaPrafulla KarPrafulla Kar
Mahabahu Akhila JagatnathPrafulla Karchita Jena

[7][8][9]

Box office

The Film got success and became a hit.[10]

Awards

[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Released by Year » Year 1977". Odia Movie Database.
  2. ↑ "Bandhu Mohanty". IncredibleOrissa.
  3. ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (p-1985). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 1135943257.
  4. ↑ "ODIA FILMS LIST FROM THE YEAR 1936-2010". ODISHABARTA.
  5. ↑ Niranjan Mohanty. Salabega Makers of Indian literature (p-16). Sahitya Akademi, 1996.
  6. ↑ B. V. Dharap, 1977. Indian Films Rajat Udyog (p-112). National Film Archive of India, Pune.
  7. ↑ "Film : Bandhu Mohanty". OdiaMusic.
  8. ↑ "NAMASTE PRABHU JAGANNATH - ODIA BHAJAN-Film - Bandhu Mohanty (1977),". dreamshakti's channel.
  9. ↑ "Prafulla Kar-'Mahabahu akhila jagata natha...' in 'Bandhu Mahanty'(1977)". odia melody.
  10. ↑ Orissa Review, Volume 36 (p-25). Home Department, Government of Orissa, 1978.
  11. ↑ Sambit Prakash Dash. Film : Orissa reference: glimpses of Orissa (p-164/165. TechnoCAD Systems, 2001.
  12. ↑ "Film : State Film Awards". Odia Movie Database.
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