Kedar Gouri
| Kedar Gouri | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nitai Palit |
| Produced by | Balaram Das |
| Written by | Manaranjan Das |
| Starring |
Gaura Ghosh Gloria Mohanty Kishori Debi Nitai Palit Beena Palit Dhira Biswal |
| Music by | Balakrushna Das |
| Edited by | Binaya Banarjee |
Production company |
Radha Pictures |
| Distributed by | Pancha Sakha Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 176 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Odia |
Kedar Gouri (1954) (Odia: କେଦାର ଗୌରି) is an Ollywood / Oriya film directed by Nitai Palit.[1][2][3] The film is adapted from Radhanath Rai's poem by the same name.[4]
Synopsis
Kedar and Gouri are deeply fond of each other since childhood. Kedar's father and Gouri father are village heads and have rivalry between them. As both Kedar and Gouri grow, their fondness transfer in to intense and enduring love. But their family do not allow them to meet each other and place a barrier between them. Once Kedar in disguise tries to attend Gouri's birthday function. He traces out and is humiliated and thrown away by Gouri's father. Now it is impossible for the lovers to meet as their family tighten the security for both of them. The lovers have no other option and elope from their home. while venture in jungle, Gauri feels very thirsty. Kedar goes to nearby spring to bring water. When Kedar returns with water, he can not find Gouri anywhere around. He tires search Gouri's whereabout. In the meantime he heards a tiger's rumble suddenly at some distaance away. He panicly searches for Gouri. On the way he finds blood stained clothes of Gouri. Kedar is now sure that Gouri is eaten by the tiger. In an anguish and frustration Kedar stabs himself repeatedly until he is dead. But to the contrary, Gouri is safely hides in some bush away from the scene.She comes back to the scene after the tiger disappear. Her heart breaks when she finds Kedar died for her sake. Gauri feels she can not able live with out Kedar and follows suit. Thus the lovers brings end of their life for eacher to imprint a sublime love story.
Cast
- Gaura Ghosh ... Kedar
- Gloria Mahanty ... Gouri
- Beena Palit
- Kishori Devi
- Nityanand Palit
- Dhira Biswal
- Lakshmi
- Sanyukta Panigrahi
- Radharani
- Rita
- Sheela Ullash
Box office
Despite good acting and cinematography, the film flopped. The masses could not digest this tragic love story of this genre.[5]
References
- ↑ "Oriya Film Industry". Welcome To Orissa. www.welcomeorissa.com.
- ↑ "List Of Odia Movies - 1936 to 2013". Nuaodisha.com.
- ↑ "Released by Year » Year 1954". Odia Movie Database.
- ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (p-1985). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 1135943257.
- ↑ S. Patnaik, 1982. Cuttack Review of Literature, Criticiscm & Ideas (p 17). The University of California.