Mana Akasha

Mana Akasha
Theatrical poster
Directed by Nitai Palit
Produced by Ras Bihari Misra
Written by Basant Mahapatra
Starring Shanti Swaroop Misra
Prashant Nanda
Chandana
Bhanumati Debi
Dhira Biswal
Gobind Tej
Nityananda Misra
Music by Upendra Kumar
Cinematography Krishna Chakraborty
Edited by Ramesh Joshi
Distributed by Ideal Distributor
Release date
  • 8 December 1974 (1974-12-08)
Running time
 167 min
Country India
Language Odia

Mana Akasha (Odia: ମନ ଆକାଶ) is a 1974 Oriya film directed by Nitai Palit based on Basant Mahapatra's Novel Jhara Baula.[1] The film portrays socio-economic conflicts in rural Odisha.

Plot

Sashank Patnaik and Rudra Choudhury are close friends. Rudra's son Bhanu develops love relationship with Sashank's daughter Mala. After demise of Rudra, Sashank tries to acquire the properties of Rudra. In spite of knowing Mala is pregnant and Bhanu is her lover, Rudra tries to kill Bhanu by giving poison to be the owner of the whole property. But later on Sashank realizes his mistake helps unite Bhanu and Mala.

Cast

  • Shanti Swaoop Misra....Bhanu Pratap
  • Prashant Nanda... Srikant
  • Dhira Biswal .... Sashank Patnaik
  • Gobind Tej ..... Rudra Choudhury
  • Chandana ..... Mala
  • Bhanumati Debi.... Mala's mother
  • Narendra Behera
  • Shyamalendu Bhatacharjee
  • Bhim Singh

Soundtrack

TrackSongSinger(s)Composerlyric
1 Mora Kania Suna Pania Chitta Ranjan Jena & S. Janaki Upendra Kumar Shibabrata Das
2 Bahuchhe hure huria dhuka phutichhe phula Sikandar Alam & Purnaprabha Bahidar Upendra Kumar Ras Bihari Misra
3 E bana jharana nachi nachi jaa na Chitta Ranjan Jena, Sikandar Alam & Purnaprabha Bahidar Upendra Kumar Shibabrata Das
4 Mora phula bali Mohini Mohan Rath & Purnaprabha Bahidar Upendra Kumar Shibabrata Das

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References

  1. ↑ K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake :Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas: Publisher, Routledge, United Kingdom
  2. ↑ "Goldmine". Retrieved 11 May 2014.
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