Suryamukhi

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Suryamukhi
Directed byPrafulla Sengupta
Written by Gurukrushna Goswami
Saumendra Misra
Produced bySaumendra Misra
StarringSaumendra Misra
Minati Mishra
Sukhalata Mohanty
Dhira Biswal
CinematographyKanai Dey
Edited bySukumar Sengupta
Music byShantanu Mahapatra
Production
company
Uday Pictures
Release date
  • 2 October 1963 (1963-10-02)
Country India
Language Odia

Suryamukhi is a 1963 Oriya film directed by Prafulla Sengupta. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Plot

Raju lives with his brother Mohan and mother in a remote village. Gita and Raju love each other. As Raju is a brilliant student, he goes to Cuttack for higher education. There, he meets Usha, his classmate. Usha is inspired by the honesty, simplicity and intellect of Raju and falls in love with him. But Usha's father Rai Bahadur, a wealthy person in the town, doesn't accept his daughter's love interest with a poor village boy. Rai Bahadur insults Raju and threatens him to leave Usha's life. In desperation, Raju leaves Cuttack and ventures into an unknown journey. In the meanwhile, Raju's widowed mother sends Loknath and Mohan to search the whereabouts of Raju. Loknath meets Rai Bahadur, who happens to be his old friend, but can't trace out Raju. Lokanath pursues Rai Bahadur a proposal of Mohan's marriage with Usha. Rai Bahadur agrees. Mohan and Usha's marriage takes place.

Raju eventually finds a job in a factory and one day loses his eyes in an accident. By knowing this, his mother gets terrible blow and passes away. Raju is admitted into a hospital and becomes fully cured. Raju returns home and surprisingly finds his girlfriend Usha is now his sister-in-law. Later, Usha convinces Raju to face the reality and asks him to marry Gita. At last, Raju agrees to marry Gita, with a happy ending.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Shantunu Mahapatra.

SongLyricsSinger(s)
"Antara Kande Bahare Hase Sei Mora Parichaya" Gurukrushna Goswami Pranab Patnaik
"Duniare Samayara Naee Bahi Jaere" Gurukrushna Goswami Manna Dey
"Sei Chuna Chuna Tara Phula Aaji" Gurukrushna Goswami Lata Mangeshkar
"Sei Nila Pari Deshe Janhi Chandarama Hase" Gurukrushna Goswami Sikandar Alam, Nirmla Mishra
"Niladri Bihari Hari"

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Box office

The film was appreciated by the masses and was a success. [11]

Awards

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