Bandhu Mohanty
Poster
Directed byNitai Palit
Written byNitai Palit
Produced byDhiren Patnaik
StarringGobind Tej,
Shanti Swarup Misra,
Dhira Biswal,
Anita Das,
Banaja Mohanty
Edited byMadhu Banerjee
Music byPrafulla Kar
Production
company
Priya Darshini Films
Release date
  • 6 June 1977 (1977-06-06)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageOdia

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 Kalare"Prafulla KarChitta Jena
"Chhada Chitta Chora Chhada Chhada"Prafulla KarVani Jayaram
"Na Jaa Sajani Pahini Rajani"Prafulla KarChitta Jena, Vani Jayaram
"Namaste Prabhu Jaganatha"Prafulla KarPrafulla Kar
"Mahabahu Akhila Jagatnath"Prafulla KarChitta 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 (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (p-1985). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1135943257.
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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