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| 'Kanaklata' audio artwork (Image courtesy: Odiamelody) |
Released on: 14 June 1974 at Hind, Capital Cinema, Cuttack
Directed by: Ghanashyam Mahapatra
Production Co: Konark Films Pvt. Ltd.
Asst. Director: Nagen Ray
Story: Pallikabi Nanda Kishore Bal
Screenplay & Dialogues: Basant Mahapatra
Cinematography: V. K. Shenoy
Choreography: Guru Keluchanran Mohapatra
Audiography: Amulya
Make-up: Trilochan Pal
Art Direction: Budha Maharana
Lyrics: Swabhab Kabi Gangadhar Meher, Atibadi Jagannath Das, Kabichandra Kalicharan Patnaik, Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja, Ghanashyam Mohapatra, Bhaktakabi Madhusudan Rao, Tulasi Devi, Krishna Charan Patnaik
Music: Balakrushna Dash, Srikumar (Bhubaneswar Mishra)
Cast: Sujata Anand, Harish Mahapatra, Shantilata Bal, Sarat Mohanty, Suresh, Biren Routray, Akshay Das, Rukmini, Nirupama Mohanty, Meena Mohanty, Premalata Samal, Mena Samantray, Krushnamani, Gokulananada Kar, Namrata Das, Kasi Rath, Rebati, Krushna Chandra Pandey, Khatu Singh and others
Genre: Social, Drama
Plot: The plot centres around a pair of lovers: Dhananjay and Kanakalata whose love-at-first-sight culminates in marriage after overcoming the hurdle of dowry dispute, Rajendra and a child-widow named Uma whose passion and love for each other remain unfulfilled with Uma's death and Rajendra renouncing the world and turning into a sanyasi. The plot is in fact an indictment of the evils of dowry system in rural aristocratic society and the predicament of the child-widows who were condemned into a life of anguish and suffering.
Songs:
- Mangale Aila Usha (Singer(s): Sikander Alam, Indira Nanda | Lyrics: Swabhab Kabi Gangadhar Meher)
- Bada Deule Bada Dian (Singer(s): Sikander Alam)
- Bhaju Ki Na Rama Nama (Jogi Geeta) (Singer(s): Bhikari Bal | Original Lyrics: Tika Gobinda Chandra)
- Gobinda Gobinda Gosain (Singer(s): Bhikari Bal | Lyrics: Atibadi Jagannath Das)
- Subhadra Harana Jatra (Singer(s): Balakrushna Dash, Bhikari Bal, Sikander Alam, Indira Nanda | Lyrics: Kabichandra Kalicharan Patnaik)
- Malli Mala Shyamaku Debi (Singer(s): Indira Nanda | Lyrics: Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja)
- Banya Sahajya Geeta (Singer(s): Chorus Singing | Lyrics: Ghanashyam Mohapatra)
- Boita Bandana (Singer(s): Sikander Alam, Bhikari Bal, Indira Nanda | Lyrics: Kabichandra Kalicharan Patnaik)
- Aie Mana Brundaban (Singer(s): Bhikari Bal | Lyrics: Smt. Tulasi Devi)
- Prarthana (Singer(s): Chorus | Lyrics: Bhaktakabi Madhusudan Rao)
- Bagha Mamu (Singer(s): Sangeeta Mohapatra, Runu Mohanty, Baijayanti Adhikari, Kalpana Bal, Partha Sarathi Mohanty | Lyrics: Krishna Charan Patnaik)
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| Still from the movie 'Kanaklata' (Image courtesy: NFAI) |
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| Still from the movie 'Kanaklata' (Image courtesy: NFAI) |
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| 'Kanaklata' song book cover (Image courtesy: NFAI) |
