Chilika Teerey
| Chilika Teerey | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Biplab Roy Choudhury |
| Produced by | Shyamghana Roy choudhury |
| Starring |
Bijay Mohanty Tandra Roy Sujata Anand Netrananda Misra |
| Music by | Shantunu Mahapatra |
Production company |
Haragouri Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 164 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Odia |
Chilika Teerey (Odia: ଚିଲିକା ତୀରେ), is a 1977 Indian Odia film directed by Biplab Roy Choudhury, story of an oppressed, illiterate fisher-folk, being swindled and kept in check by the business sharks and how they revolt back.[1][2]
Synopsis
Nearby Chilika lake, there are cluster of villages inhabited by fisher-folk. They are exploited by the large fishing companies. Raghu a revolutionary village youth leads the village to confront against the fishing company. One fishing company manager Sricharan tries to demoralize & divide the unity of fisher-folk. But the revolution starts with pace. While Sricharan tries to escape from the scene, the villagers thrown him up in the Chilika lake. Raghu, has a love interest with a village girl Padma, but he is not allowed to marry her as she belongs to other caste. At last dejected Raghu hands over the revolution torch to Jadu and leaves with Padma rowing through the lake Chilika in search of new world.
Cast
- Bijay Mohanty as Raghu
- Tandra Roy as Padma
- Netrananda Misra as Sricharan
- Hemanta Das as Jadu
- Sujata Anand
- Ashok
- Runu Bose
- Akshaya Mohanty Kashyap
- Preeti Patnaik
- Manju Pradhan
- Radharani
Music
- Shantunu Mahapatra has arranged music for this film
Awards & Participation
- National Film Awards(1978) -Certificate of merit for best Odia film Odia[1]
References
- 1 2 "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ↑ Modern Indian films on rural background: social and political perspectives ... - Ram Awatar Agnihotri - Google Books. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2012-11-04.