 |
| 'Dhare Alua' official poster (Credit: NFAI) |
Released on: 15 June 1984
Screenplay & Direction: Sagir Ahmed
Production Co: Garuda Cinegraphics
Story: Manorama Das
Camera: Bidushree Bindhani
Sound: Ram Teke
Editing, Asst. Direction: Bidhu Raul
Lyrics: Suryamani Tripathy, Harihar Panda
Music: Harihara Panda
Cast: Prithviraj Mishra, Sharmistha Matthews, Shibani Mahapatra, Dolagobinda Jena, Soumendra Tripathy, Amrita Ahmed, Sarat Mishra, Jalaluddin, Wazir, Rabi Choudhuri, Pratap Patra and thers
Genre: Social, Drama
Note: Dhare Alua (Eng: A Ray of Light, BW, 140 min), directed by Sagir Ahmed was based on a story by Manorama Das. The film depicts the murder of the wife of a radical journalist.
Plot: Hemant, the scribe, is wrongfully sentenced to jail and he sends his children Bulu and Runu, for their security, to a family acquaintance in another village. Unable to withstand the tortures the children flee this place and take shelter at a stranger doctor’s place. Doctor Rudra is retired and his son Lalit is a rebel with a cause who has taken it upon himself to undo the wrongs caused by unscrupulous people in the society. Lalit’s wife Sumitra stays with her father-in-law to take care of him as well as the children.
When Hemant is released from jail he goes straight to meet his children. He comes across Lalit and recognizes the rebel in him. Both have the same purpose in life. Both want to remove injustice by force. Both are revolutionaries in their own ways. With this new found comrade and new mission in life , Hemant decides to let go of his family attachments and urges Doctor Rudra to give further shelter and care to his children. Though the circumstances turn ripe for revolutionary changes societal apathy and passiveness thwart any such possibilities. And in a twist of the tale entails Lalit is forced to surrender himself before the police. This suggestion comes from no other than Hemant. Such changes in revolutionary outlook are in conformity with new realities. Amidst the lost hopes and subdued convictions, the children provide a ray of hope and light. Not everything is lost. Children are free and see the world in a new light free of the baggage of irrelevant complexities, failed ideologies and blind mindless radicalisms. Time waits for them to shine in all their virgin brilliance. Cameraman Bidusri Bindhani has excelled in black and white photography. Prithviraj Mishra as Lalit, Sharmistha as Sumitra, Shibani Mohapatra as Hemant and Purna Bindhani as Rudra have given memorable performances . Soumendra Tripathy as Bulu and Amrita Ahmed as Runu also show promise as actors.
Awards & Participation:
- State Film Award for Best Playback Singer (Female): Indrani Mishra
- State Film Award for Best Child Artist: Amrita Ahmad
Review:
 |
| 'Dhare Alua' movie review published in Kharavela magazine |
