Pahada Ra Luha (2015)

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Released in: 2015

Story, Screenplay & Direction by: Sabyasachi Mohapatra

Produced by: Sushant Mohapatra

Production Co.: Mohapatra Movie Magic

Editing: Deben Mishra, Kumar Chodaganga Dev Mohapatra

Art: P. Mantu Mohapatra, Gopal Pradhan

Cinematography: B. Satish, Kumar Chodaganga Dev Mohapatra

Music: Ramesh Kumar Mahananda

Cast: Soumen Pujari, Lochani Bag, Sarat Pujari, Ashrumochan Mohanty, Ashok Mishra, Swati Roy, Mantu Mohapatra, Suresh Bindu, Subas Patra, Netrananda and others

Duration: 77 Minutes

Genre: Drama, Environment, Political

Note: Pahada Ra Luha is Sambalpuri language feature film directed by Sabyasachi Mohapatra.

Plot: The movie is based on industrialisation and subsequent displacement of Paraja tribals in Koraput district. The film deals with problems faced by the ethnic communities of Niyamgiri hills due to rampant mining and rebel activities.

Synopsis: Sameer Das, a social activist, travels across the blood splattered valleys of Western Odisha in search of a solution to the never ending problem of tribal displacement and the resulting violence of the Mao Naxal movement. Enroute, he stumbles down memory lane dating back twenty five years: to the time he had visited the fascinating mountain tribal village of Ghuma, where he had fallen in love with the people, their culture and a beautiful young tribal girl - Jhili. Now the music has transformed to bullets, the songs of the valleys are lost and the mountain cries tears of blood.

Pahada Ra Luha (Tears of the Mountain) is a timeless cinematic journey, shot originally 25 years ago and revisited in the present with same cast, characters and an intense social conflict.

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