Manika (film)

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Manika
Directed by R. Asrar, Premananda Mohanty
Written byPremananda Mohanty
Produced byYogendra Mahapatra
Starring Bijay Mohanty
Tandra Roy
Gurudatta Samantsinhar
Gaddi
Premananda
Gita Datta
CinematographyNagraj
Edited byMadhavan
Music by Upendra Kumar
Lyrics: Narayana Prasad Singh
Production
company
Rupa International
Release date
  • 19 July 1986 (1986-07-19)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Odia

Manika is a 1986 socio-mythological Odia-language Indian feature film directed by R. Asrar. The film depicts the legendary story of one of the devotees of Lord Jagannath, Manika the milkmaid. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Plot

Manika, a milkmaid (Gauduni) and orphan girl, is a devotee of the Lord Jagannath, convinced that one day she will get a glimpse of the Lord and ultimately attain Moksha: freedom from the endless cycle of transmigration into a state of bliss.

After defeat in the famous Kanchi expedition, the Gajapati of Kalinga now Odisha, India prays Lord Jagannath and moved with the prayer Lorg Jagannath along with his brother Lord Balabhadra started expedition to Kanchi on horse-back. On the banks of Mahanadi, they reach to Manika, who is selling curd. Both the Gods drink curd and presented a golden ring studded with precious gems to Manika and said, 'the king of Kalinga' will come here, after some time, on his way to Kanchi. You present it to him and he will pay you the money. Later, the king himself passed by with his army. Milkmaid Manika obstructed the Gajapati pleading for the unpaid cost of yogurt consumed by Gajapati's two leading soldiers riding on black and white horses and produced the gold ring as evidence. Gajapati identified the ring as that of Lord Jagannath and upon the divine support, enthusiastically led the expedition. Manika is in a state of disbelief and she finally get glimpse of the God. Her ambition of the lifetime fulfilled. She decide to devote her rest of life in the prayer of lord Jagannath.

Cast

Music

The music of the film composed by Upendra Kumar. The tracks from the film include: [5]

TrackSingerLyricist
Rakhitha mitha dahi S. Janaki Narayana Prashad Singh
Krushna maya kale Pranab Patnaik Narayana Prashad Singh

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