Kie Kahara

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Kie Kahara
Directed by Nitai Palit
Written by Nitai Palit
Gopal Chotrai
Bhim Singh
Produced by Dhira Biswal
Starring Sarat Pujari
Saudamini Misra
Dhira Biswal
Lila Dulali
Cinematography Dinen Gupta
Edited by Ramesh Joshi
Music by Akshaya Mohanty
Production
company
Pancha Sakha Films
Release date
  • 12 June 1968 (1968-06-12)
Running time
178 min
CountryIndia
Language Odia

Kie Kahara (1968) is an Odia film directed by Nitai Palit. [1] [2] [3] The film reflects the socio-economic conflicts of the declining Zamindar families, which were struggling to keep up social status with great difficulty. [4]

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Synopsis

Prakash's father leaves him after his wife's death and gives Prakash's custody to his sister Mamata. Mamata gives a good education to Prakash and he becomes an engineer. Prakash gets a job in town, In the town, he meets Rajendra Samantrai's family and stays in their home as tenant. Rajendra Samantrai's forefathers are Zamindars. Rajendra struggles enough to fulfill the demands of his wife and her status. in the meanwhile, Rajendra's daughter Malati falls in love with Prakash. Rajendra accepts their love, but Subhadra prefers Nagen, who is the son of a wealthy contractor Nabin Mahapatra over Prakash. Subhadra believes Nagen's wealth can help them maintain their status. When Nagen comes with an offer for his marriage with Malati, Rajendra flatly denies this. The offended Nagen tries to disrupt Rajendra's family. Also Nagen successfully creates confusion between Prakash and Malati. Prakash's father arrives the scene and ends all confusion. At last Prakash and Malati get married.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by Akshaya Mohanty.

SongLyricsSinger(s)
"Chakori Jharana Luha" Akshaya Mohanty Akshaya Mohanty
"Hai Madabhari Aakh" Partha Sarathi Mohapatra Shyamal Mitra
"Hema Harini Mathara Mani" Kali Charan Patnaik Nirmala Mishra, Shipra Bose
"Udasi Aakhi Chanhi Rahe" Narayan Prasad Singh Arati Mukherjee, Ramola
"Udi Udi Udi Jaare Udi"Akshaya Mohanty Akshaya Mohanty
"Phulei Rani Saja Phula"Debdas Chotrai Akshaya Mohanty, Sipra Bose
"Paradesi Bandhu Tume"Debdas Chotrai Sipra Bose
"Akhi Nuhen Se Je"

[5] [6] [7] [8]

Box office

The film created a sensation and ran to packed houses for about five months in Cuttack city only. [9] It was the first Oriya film to run more than 100 days at several theaters. [10] The film became a box office hit. [11]

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