Dharitri


Dharitri is a social satire drama in Odia, released on 30 March, 1973. It is based on Amulya Kumari Patnaik's novel of the same name. Sarat Pujari, Prashant Nanda, Sriram Panda, Bhanumati Devi and Dhira Biswal acted in key roles.

Plot

Girish Choudhury is a pseudo-social activist and politician. He has two sons, Subhendu and Sudhir. To get popularity in society, he gets his daughter-in-law from a poor family for his son Subhendu. Subhendu doesn't like his wife Mamata and stays in town engaged in the contracting business with the help of his father. Girish's wife always tortures Mamata and asks for dowry. Mamata silently bears all the pain and torture caused by her mother-in-law. Sudhir, a revolutionist, doesn't accept the things happening in his house and revolts against his father, mother and brother. at last he gets success uniting Subhendu and Mamata.

Cast

  • Sarat Pujari as Subhendu Choudhury
  • Bhanumati Devi as Girish's wife
  • Prashant Nanda as Rabi
  • Sriram Panda as Sudhir ChoudhuryDhira Biswal as Girish ChoudhurySandhya Acharya as MamataBhim Singh as BrajaGovind Tej as Usha's fatherShyamalendu Bhattacharjee as Sudhir's friend Dinabandhu Das as MuraliBabaji Sahu as MamuNarendra Behera as Sudhir's friend Aneema Pedini as RaginiAlpana Nayak as Usha

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by Upendra Kumar.
SongLyricsSinger
"Pirati Tora Duru Juhara"Brundaban JenaChita Ranjan Jena, Sipra Bose
"Prananatha Naileta Jibana Hari"Sibabrata DasSipra Bose
"Sapanara Pathe Pathe"Sibabrata DasSikandar Alam
"Swargadapi Gariyasi Janani Maa Dharitri"Sibabrata DasShyamal Mitra
"Mohan He Mohan"Narayan Prasad SinghNirmla Misra
"Barambar Dele Parichaya"Narayan Prasad SinghSikandar Alam, Sipra Bose

Trivia

Actor Sriram Panda debuted in the film.

Awards