Malajahna
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Director Nityananda Palit Release date December 10, 1965 (India) Music director Akshaya Mohanty Language Odia | 6.2/10 IMDb Duration Running time 2h 44m Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 10, 1965 (1965-12-10) Writer Upendra Kishore Das (story), Nitai Palit (screenplay), Gobind Senapati (dialogue), Bhim Singh (dialogue) Cast Jharana Das, Sarat Pujari, Akshaya Mohanty Kashyap, Geeta Dutt, Pira Misra, Bhim Singh, Purna Singh, Manimala Screenplay Nityananda Palit, Gobind Senapati, Bhim Singh Similar movies Matira Manisha (1966) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malajanha odia movie part iii
Malajahna (Odia: ମଲାଜହ୍ନ, Dead Moon) is a 1965 Oriya film written and directed by Nitai Palit based on a novel of the same title by the Oriya novelist Upendra Kishore Das. The film stars Akshaya Mohanty (Kashyap) and Jharana Dasin the lead. Considered as a classic in the history of Oriya cinema, the film deals with an unusual theme in seventies in rural India of love between a married woman and a young man.
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Malajanha odia movie part ii
Plot
Sati,the female protagonist of the movie,is forced into a marriage by her poor parents with a rich ugly old man living with a concubine. She finds the other way to overcome the mishap in her life when a young neighbor Nath develops love interest in her. Both finally leave the village and escape to Cuttack town. The conservative neighbors question their relationship. Sati, unable to bear the scandal concerning her and Natha, finally commits suicide by jumping into the river.
Cast
Review
This poignant love story is narrated in the context of life in rural Orissa infested by superstitions,narrow caste prejudices and acute poverty. Women were like slaves with no mind and choice of their own and child marriages were widely prevalent. The agony and suffering of Sati may be seen as essentially related to the social evils that afflicted contemporary rural Orissa.
Music
The music of the film was composed by the debutant Akshaya Mohanty and the lyrics were written by Kabisurya Baladev Rath, Banamali and Binodini Devi. Singers were Akshay Mohanty, Pranab Patanaik, Nandita Ghose, Kalyani Bhattacharya and Nirmala Mishra. The tracks from the film include:
Tuchhaku Mahu sung by Kalyani Bhattacharya
Mo Nan Te sung by Nirmala Mishra
Rakata Tala Mala sung by Akshay Mohanty
Mora Antara Mandire sung by Pranab Patanaik
Mu Ta Kularu Gali sung by Pranab Patanaik and Kalyani Bhattacharya
Galanita sung by Akshay Mohanty
Awards
References
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