Stree (1968 film)

Stree is an award winning 1968 Oriya film directed by Siddhartha, which is a pseudonym for Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, & Ram Chandra Thakur.[1][2] [3][4][5][6]

Stree
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Directed bySiddhartha (Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, & Ram Chandra Thakur)
Produced byParbati Ghose
Written byShrabani (Parbati Ghose)
StarringGour Prasad Ghose
Parbati Ghose
Leela Dulali
Music byBhubaneswar Misra
CinematographyShanti Dutt
Edited byRamesh Joshi
Release date
  • 17 May 1968 (1968-05-17)
Running time
158 min
CountryIndia
LanguageOdia
BudgetINR 1,87,000

Synopsis

One day Anuaradha and her brother, a medical doctor, find a young man, Debabrata, unconsciousness in the tides by the sea shore and bring him home. With treatment by her brother and her care, Debabrata gets well. Anuradha and Debabrata fall in love. Her brother, Prasanna, gets them married and sees off the couple to Debarata's home. Upo arriving Anuradha discovers Debabrata is actually a widower and has a son. She feels betrayed but as a devoted loving wife overcomes the feeling and gets along with all of Debabrata's family members in the big house. Gradually she gets close to Debrabrata too and takes care of his son as her own. Debabrata's sister Bhanu can't accept Anuradha and creates misunderstanding between wife and husband. At last biased Debabrata leaves the house with his son leaving his wife Anuradha behind. But Anuradha doesn't lose hope. With her determination, sacrifice and devotion, they reunite in the end.

Cast
  • Gour Prasad Ghose - Debabrata
  • Parbati Ghose - Anuradha[7]
  • Jadunath Das Mahapatra
  • Anima Pedini - Mother
  • Leela Dulali - Bhanu
  • Dinabandhu Das
  • Shyamalendu Bhatacharjee
  • Sujata Anand
  • Sekhar Bose
  • Gokulananda Parida
  • Kunjanada Sahu

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Bhubanseswar Misra.

Song Lyrics Singer(s)
"Sanja Sakale Tuma Chhabi Khoje"Narayan Prasad SinghNirmala Mishra
"Jhumi Jhumi Aase Aakhi"Narayan Prasad SinghSujata Mukherjee, Akshaya Mohanty
"Mo Aakhira Kete Katha Mo Manara Nirabata"Sarada NaikSandhya Mukherjee,
"Tuma Bina Ei Raati Bhala Lagen"Narayan Prasad SinghNirmala Mishra, Pranab Patnaik
"Tume Jyadi Saathi Mora Nia Mote Bhulai"Narayan Prasad SinghNirmala Mishra
"Kali Juga Krushna Muhin Tu Mo Heroine"Swaroop NaikAkshaya Mohanty
"Biti Jae Re"
"Ganga Je Deshe"

[8][9][10][11][12]

Trivia

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

Role Pseudonym Real name
DirectorSiddharth(Ram Chandra Thakur, Gour Prasad Ghose & Parbati Ghose)
Music composerSrikumarBhubneswar Misra
ActressChandanaParbati Ghose

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Box office

The film was made on a budget of INR 1,87,000.00.[14] The film was declared as a box office hit.[15]

Awards

References
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  12. "Akshaya Mohanty sings 'Kali Yuga Krushna..' in Odia Movie 'Stree'(1968)". odia melody.
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  14. Orissa (India). Finance Dept. Budget of the Government of Orissa, Volumes 4-5 (p-111). Government of Orissa, 1974.
  15. Cuttack Review of Literature, Criticiscm & Ideas (p-174). S. Patnaik, 1982.
  16. Tad Bentley Hammer. International film prizes: an encyclopedia Volume 1333 of Garland reference library of the humanities (p-227). Garland, 1991. ISBN 0824070992.
  17. Cultural Forum, Volume 12 (p-169). the University of California, 1969.
  18. Rajendra Ojha. National film award winners: 1953-1997 (p-126). Screen World Publication, 1998.
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