Kaa (1965 film)

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Kaa
Directed bySiddharth (Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, & Ram Chandra Thakur)
Written by Kanhu Charan Mohanty
Produced by Parbati Ghose
Starring Gour Prasad Ghose
Parbati Ghose
Geetarani
Manimala Devi
Cinematography Deoji Bhai
Bijoy De
Music by Bhubaneswar Misra
Production
company
Sarathi Films
Release date
  • 5 August 1966 (1966-08-05)
Running time
165 min
Country India
Language Odia
BudgetINR 1,12,500

Kaa is a 1965 Oriya film directed by Siddhartha, which is a pseudonym for Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, & Ram Chandra Thakur. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The film is based on Kanhu Charan Mohanty's award-winning literary masterpiece in the same name. [6] [7] The Film glorifies the story of a barren woman, who induced her husband to marry another woman for the sake of the birth of a child. [8]

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Synopsis

Nandika (Parbati Ghose) and Sunanda (Gour Ghose) are happily married and live with mother-in-law Abhaya (Manimala Devi) and sister-in law Kuni in their ancestral rural home. After seven years of marriage, Nadika is still childless. Abhaya always worries about a successor to her family. Friends and relatives always blame and offend Nandika for her barrenness. So Nandika decides to make a sacrifice and convinces Sunanda to marry a girl again for the sake of a child. With lot of pressure from his mother and wife, Sunanda does marry Lalita (Geetarani). Lalita compels Sunanda to take her to his home in the city and starts living there. Over time, destiny takes a turn and it is Nandika that gets pregnant. Lalita becomes envious fearing Sunanda may not return to her. However, it so happens, Nandika dies after giving birth to a child. Lalita repents and adopts Nandika's child as her own child.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Bhubanseswar Misra.

SongLyricsSinger(s)
"Adina Bauda Adina Kuhudi" Narsingha Mohapatro, SP Naik, & Debdas Chhotray Akshaya Mohanty
"Libhi Libhi Jae Aakhi Luha" Debdas Chotrai Sandhya Mukherjee
"Tume Janana Janana Mun Janena" Debdas Chotrai Nirmala Mishra, Pranab Patnaik
"Maunabati Mauna Kiaan Lagai Dei Manare" Narsingha Mohapatro, SP Naik, & Debdas Chhotray Akshaya Mohanty
"Madhura E Chanda Raati Hase Taara" Debdas Chotrai Nirmala Mishra
"Chora Chora Chahanire"Debdas Chotrai Raghunath Panigrahi

[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Trivia

The film's director, music composer and heroine have pseudonym names.

RolePseudonymReal name
DirectorSiddharth(Ram Chandra Thakur, Gour Prasad Ghose & Parbati Ghose)
Music composerSrikumar Bhubneswar Misra
ActressChandana Parbati Ghosh

[14]

Box office

The film was made on a budget of INR 1,12,500.00. [15] The film got a huge response and was a box office hit. [16]

Awards

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