Rakta Golapa

Rakta Golapa
Poster
Directed by	Bhimeswar Rao
Produced by	Bibhuti Mishra Sashanka Sekhar Mishra .
Written by	Bijay Kumar Nanda
Starring	Suresh Mahapatra, Banaja Mohanty, Sriram Panda, Radha Panda, Ramesh Panigrahi
Music by	Dhananjay Satpathy
Cinematography	Benjamin
Edited by	J. Narashima Rao
Production company	Banani Films
Distributed by	Udaya Shashi Pictures
Release dates	9 November 1977
Running time	166 min
Country	India
Language	Odia

Rakta Golapa is an Odia romantic tragedy released on 9 November 1977, starring Suresh Mahapatra, Banaja Mohanty, Sriram Panda, Radha Panda and Ramesh Panigrahi.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Synopsis

Sharat and Mira meet at college and fall deep in love. Sharat's family is against their love, and force Sharat into an arranged marriage with Sneha, who is in love with Ajay. On seeing the marriage Mira tries to commit suicide and vanishes from the scene. Sharat can't bear the thought of Mira's fate and goes mad. He tries to avoid his wife Sneha and grows to hate her. In the meantime Sneha becomes pregnant. Everybody doubts Sneha about the father of the child. Ajay comes to the fore to clear the confusion. At last Sharat and Mira unite.

Cast

• Suresh Mahapatra ... Sharat
• Banaja Mohanty ... Mira
• Sriram Panda ... Ajay
• Vatchla ... Sneha
• Radha Panda
• Netrananda
• Kunjananda
• Braja
• Ramesh Panigrahi
• Shanti
• Halam ... Dancer

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Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Dhananjay Satpathy. It was his debut as music composer and singer.

Song	Lyrics	Singer(s)
Mamata Ra Madhumati Sarami Latika	Narashingh Mohapatra	Akshaya Mohanty, S. Janaki
Mana Rasia Re E Mora Mana Chhuin Ja Re	Narashingh Mohapatra	Pranab Patnaik, Dhananjaya Satapathy, H.P.Geeta
Manara Manisha Jadi	Narashingh Mohapatra	S. Janaki
Hi Darling! Akhire Akhire Dele Tu	Gokulananda Parida	Akshaya Mohanty, Ramola
Bholare Bhola	Gokulananda Parida	Dhananjaya Satapathy

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Box office

Despite renowned actors, a good story and melodic music, the film was a box office flop. The reason being that the film was released in smaller towns and not in major cinemas.^[11]

References

1. "Released by Year » Year 1977". Odia Movie Database.
2. "Rakta Golap". IncredibleOrissa.
3. "Film: Rakta golapa (1977)". Petlinks.
4. Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (p-1966). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 1135943257.
5. "ODIA FILMS LIST FROM THE YEAR 1936-2010". ODISHABARTA.
6. B. V. Dharap, 1977. Indian Films Rajat Udyog (p-114). National Film Archive of India, Pune.
7. "Film : Rakta Golapa". OdiaMusic.
8. "Rakata Golapa". Petlinks.
9. "Dhananjaya Satapathy sings 'Bholare Bhola...' in Odia Movie 'Rakta Golapa'(1977)". odia melody.
10. "S.Janaki & Akshaya Mohanty sings 'Mamatara Madhumati...' in Odia Movie 'Rakta Golapa'(1977)". odia melody.
11. Orissa Review, Volume 36 (p-25). Home Department, Government of Orissa, 1978.

External links

• Rakta Golapa at the Internet Movie Database