Dharitri

Dharitri is an Odia newspaper but here it is about a social satire drama released on 30 March 1973. It is based on Amulya Kumari Patnaik's novel of the same name. Sarat Pujari, Prashant Nanda, Sriram Panda, Parbati Ghosh and Dhira Biswal acted in key roles.[1][2][3][4]

Dharitri
Poster
Directed byNitai Palit
Produced byDhira Biswal
Written byAmulya Kumari Patnaik
StarringSarat Pujari
Prasant Nanda
Sriram Panda
Dhira Biswal
Music byUpendra Kumar
CinematographyS. Swant
Edited byRamesh Joshi
Production
company
Progressive Films Productions
Distributed byProgressive Films Productions
Release date
  • 30 March 1973 (1973-03-30)
Running time
278 min
CountryIndia
LanguageOdia

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
  • Sarat Pujari... Subhendu Choudhury
  • Bhanumati Devi... Girish's wife
  • Prashant Nanda... Rabi
  • Sriram Panda... Sudhir Choudhury
  • Dhira Biswal... Girish Choudhury
  • Sandhya Acharya... Ketaki
  • Bhim Singh... Braja
  • Govind Tej... Usha's father
  • Shyamalendu Bhattacharjee... Sudhir's friend
  • Dinabandhu Das... Murali
  • Babaji Sahu... Mamu
  • Narendra Behera... Sudhir's friend
  • Aneema Pedini... Ragini
  • Alpana Nayak... Usha

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by Upendra Kumar.

Song Lyrics Singer(s)
"Pirati Tora Duru Juhara"Brundaban JenaChita Ranjan Jena, Sipra Bose
"Prananatha Naileta Jibana Hari"Sibabrata DasSipra Bose
"Sapanara Pathe Pathe"Sibabrata DasSikandar Alam
"Swargadapi Gariyasi Janani Maa Dharitri"Sibabrata DasShyamal Mitra
"Mohan He Mohan"Narayan Prasad SinghNirmla Misra
"Barambar Dele Parichaya"Narayan Prasad SinghSikandar Alam, Sipra Bose

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Trivia

Actor Sriram Panda debuted in the film.

Awards
  • 2nd Orissa State Film Awards 1974[9][10]
    • Best Film
    • Best director - Nitai Palit

References
  1. "Released by Year ยป Year 1973". Odia Movie Database.
  2. "Dharitri". IncredibleOrissa.
  3. "Dharitri (Odia Movie: 1973)". musepaper.
  4. K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayak. Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (p-67). Routledge, United Kingdom.
  5. "Film : Dharitri". OdiaMusic.
  6. "Sikander Alam sings 'Sapanara Pathe Pathe...' in Odia Movie 'Dharitri'(1973)". odia melody.
  7. "Shyamal Mitra sings 'Swargadapi Gariyasi...' in Odia Movie 'Dharitri'(1973)". odia melody.
  8. "Chitta Jena & Sipra Bose sings 'Pirati Tora..' in Odia Movie 'Dharitri'(1973)". odia melody.
  9. Careers Digest: A Journal of Careers, Competitions, and Current Affairs, Volume 13. Carrier Digest.
  10. Sambit Prakash Dash. Orissa reference: glimpses of Orissa (p-164). TechnoCAD Systems, 2001.


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