Kaa (1965 film)

Kaa is an award-winning 1965 Oriya film directed by Siddhartha, which is a pseudonym for Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, & Ram Chandra Thakur.[1][2][3][4][5] The film is based on Kahnu Charan Mohanty's award-winning literary masterpiece in the same name.[6][7] The Film glorifies the story of a barren woman, who induced her husband to marry another woman for the sake of the birth of a child.[8]

Kaa
Directed bySiddharth (Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, & Ram Chandra Thakur)
Produced byParbati Ghose
Written byKahnu Charan Mohanty
StarringGour Prasad Ghose
Parbati Ghose
Geetarani
Manimala Devi
Music byBhubaneswar Misra
CinematographyDeoji Bhai
Bijoy De
Edited byRamesh Joshi
Production
company
Sarathi Films
Release date
  • 5 August 1966 (1966-08-05)
Running time
165 min
CountryIndia
LanguageOdia
BudgetINR 1,12,500

Synopsis

Nandika (Parbati Ghose) and Sunanda (Gour Ghose) are happily married and live with mother-in-law Abhaya (Manimala Devi) and sister-in law Kuni in their ancestral rural home. After seven years of marriage, Nadika is still childless. Abhaya always worries about a successor to her family. Friends and relatives always blame and offend Nandika for her barrenness. So Nandika decides to make a sacrifice and convinces Sunanda to marry a girl again for the sake of a child. With lot of pressure from his mother and wife, Sunanda does marry Lalita (Geetarani). Lalita compels Sunanda to take her to his home in the city and starts living there. Over time, destiny takes a turn and it is Nandika that gets pregnant. Lalita becomes envious fearing Sunanda may not return to her. However, it so happens, Nandika dies after giving birth to a child. Lalita repents and adopts Nandika's child as her own child.

Cast
  • Gour Prasad Ghose - Sunanda
  • Parbati Ghose - Nandika
  • Geetarani - Lalita
  • Manimala Devi - Abhaya
  • Byomokesh Tripathy
  • Krushna Chandra Pandey
  • Niranjan Satpathy
  • Mayadhar Raut
  • Kumud Patnaik
  • Gokulananda Parida
  • Babaji Nayak
  • Kunjanada Sahu

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Bhubanseswar Misra.

Song Lyrics Singer(s)
"Adina Bauda Adina Kuhudi"Narsingha Mohapatro, SP Naik, & Debdas ChhotrayAkshaya Mohanty
"Libhi Libhi Jae Aakhi Luha"Debdas ChotraiSandhya Mukherjee
"Tume Janana Janana Mun Janena"Debdas ChotraiNirmala Mishra, Pranab Patnaik
"Maunabati Mauna Kiaan Lagai Dei Manare"Narsingha Mohapatro, SP Naik, & Debdas ChhotrayAkshaya Mohanty
"Madhura E Chanda Raati Hase Taara"Debdas ChotraiNirmala Mishra
"Chora Chora Chahanire"Debdas ChotraiRaghunath Panigrahi

[9][10][11][12][13]

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 Ghosh

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Box office

The film was made on a budget of INR 1,12,500.00.[15] The film got a huge response and was a box office hit.[16]

Awards

References
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  2. Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (p-1956). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1135943257.
  3. "Kaa". IncredibleOrissa.
  4. "ODIA FILMS LIST FROM THE YEAR 1936 - 2010". ORISSABARTA.COM.
  5. "A List of Oriya Films". Orissacinema.com.
  6. Orissa Review, Volume 36 (p-24). Home Department, Government of Orissa, 1978.
  7. K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake (2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (p-66). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 9780415677745.
  8. Indian Literature, Volumes 1-2 (p-103). Sahitya Akademi, 1958.
  9. "Film : Kaa". OdiaMusic.
  10. "ODIA KATHACHITRA GEETA". Petlinks.
  11. "Nirmala Mishra sings 'Madhura E Chanda Raati....' in Odia Movie 'Kaa'(1966)". odia melody.
  12. "Akshaya Mohanty sings 'Adina Bauda...Adina Kuhudi...' in Odia Movie 'Kaa'". odia melody.
  13. "Sandhya Mukherjee sings 'Libhi Libhi Jaae...' in Odia Movie 'Kaa'(1966)". odia melody.
  14. Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (p-227). Routledge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1135943257.
  15. Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha. Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha, Volume 54, Parts 1-2 (p-133). Council of States Secretariat, 1965.
  16. Cuttack Review of Literature, Criticiscm & Ideas (p-174). S. Patnaik, 1982.
  17. Cultural Forum, Volume 12 (p-99). the University of California, 1969.
  18. Journal (p-43). Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack, 1972.
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