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 dates	6 June 1977
Running time	172 min
Country	India
Language	Odia

Bandhu Mohanty 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 wife and children and maintain his lively hood by begging. When there is a famine in the village, to escape starvation, he comes to Puri, with his wife and children. But they can not find out food anywhere. When his wife asks prays the God to ends their starvation, Bundhu Mohanty prays the God to helps him. God Jagganath listen his devotee's pray 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

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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 Kar	Chitta Jena
Chhada Chitta Chora Chhada Chhada	Prafulla Kar	Vani Jayaram
Na Jaa Sajani Pahini Rajani	Prafulla Kar	Chitta Jena, Vani Jayaram
Namaste Prabhu Jaganatha	Prafulla Kar	Prafulla Kar
Mahabahu Akhila Jagatnath	Prafulla Kar	chita Jena

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Box office

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

Awards

• Odisha State Film Awards 1977
  • Best Film
  • Best Director - Nitai Palit
  • Best Actor - Gobind Tej
  • Best Music Director - Prafulla Kar

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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.

External links

• Bandhu Mohanty at the Internet Movie Database