Kaa (film)

Kaa
Directed by Siddharth
Produced by Parbati Ghose
Written by Kahnu Charan Mohanty
Starring Gour Prasad Ghose
Parbati Ghose
Geetarani
Manimala Devi
Music by Bhubaneswar Misra
Cinematography Deoji Bhai
Bijoy De
Edited by Ramesh Joshi
Production
company
Sarathi Films
Release date
  • 5 August 1966 (1966-08-05)
Running time
 165 min
Country India
Language Odia
Budget INR 1,12,500

Kaa (Odia: କା) is an award-winning 1965 Oriya film directed by Siddharth.[1][2][3][4] The film is based on Kahnu Charan Mohanty's award-winning literary masterpiece in the same name.[5][6] 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.[7]

Synopsis

Nandika (Parbati Ghose) and Sunanda (Gour Ghose) are happily married and live with mother-in -law Abhaya (Manimala Devi) and sister-in law Kuni in their ancestral rural home. After seven years of marriage Nadika is still childless. Abhaya always worries about successor of her family. Friends and relatives always blame and offend Nandika for her barrenness. So Nandika decides to 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 so happens, Nandika dies after giving birth to a child. Lalita repents and adopts Nandika's child as her own child.

Cast

  • Gour Prasad Ghose - Sunanda
  • Parbati Ghose - Nandika
  • Geetarani - Lalita
  • Manimala Devi - 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.

Song Lyrics Singer(s)
Adina Bauda Adina KuhudiSarada NaikAkshaya Mohanty
Libhi Libhi Jae Aakhi LuhaDebdas ChotraiSandhya Mukherjee
Tume Janana Janana Mun JanenaDebdas ChotraiNirmala Mishra, Pranab Patnaik
Maunabati Mauna Kiaan Lagai Dei ManareSarada NaikAkshaya Mohanty
Madhura E Chanda Raati Hase TaaraDebdas ChotraiNirmala Mishra
Jete Thila AakhiDebdas ChotraiAkshaya Mohanty

[8][9][10][11][12]

Trivia

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

Role Pseudonym Real name
DirectorSiddharth(Ram Chandra Thakur, Gour Prasad Ghose & Parbati Ghose)
Music composerSrikumarBhubneswar Misra
ActressChandanaParbati Ghosh

[13]

Box office

The film was made on a budget of INR 1,12,500.00.[14] The film got huge response and was a box office hit.[15]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (p-1956). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 1135943257.
  2. ↑ "Kaa". IncredibleOrissa.
  3. ↑ "ODIA FILMS LIST FROM THE YEAR 1936 - 2010". ORISSABARTA.COM.
  4. ↑ "A List of Oriya Films". Orissacinema.com.
  5. ↑ Orissa Review, Volume 36 (p-24). Home Department, Government of Orissa, 1978.
  6. ↑ K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake. Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (p-66). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 9780415677745.
  7. ↑ Indian Literature, Volumes 1-2 (p-103). Sahitya Akademi, 1958.
  8. ↑ "Film : Kaa". OdiaMusic.
  9. ↑ "ODIA KATHACHITRA GEETA". Petlinks.
  10. ↑ "Nirmala Mishra sings 'Madhura E Chanda Raati....' in Odia Movie 'Kaa'(1966)". odia melody.
  11. ↑ "Akshaya Mohanty sings 'Adina Bauda...Adina Kuhudi...' in Odia Movie 'Kaa'". odia melody.
  12. ↑ "Sandhya Mukherjee sings 'Libhi Libhi Jaae...' in Odia Movie 'Kaa'(1966)". odia melody.
  13. ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (p-227). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 1135943257.
  14. ↑ Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha. Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha, Volume 54, Parts 1-2 (p-133). Council of States Secretariat, 1965.
  15. ↑ Cuttack Review of Literature, Criticiscm & Ideas (p-174). S. Patnaik, 1982.
  16. ↑ Cultural Forum, Volume 12 (p-99). the University of California, 1969.
  17. ↑ Journal (p-43). Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack, 1972.
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