Mana Akasha

Mana Akasha
Mana Akasha
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Nitai Palit
Written by
Screenplay by	Nitai Palit
Produced by
Starring	; Prashant Nanda; Chandana; ; ; ; Nityananda Misra
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by	Upendra Kumar
Distributed by	Ideal Distributor
Release date	8 December 1974;
Running time	167 min
Country	India
Language	Odia

Mana Akasha is a 1974 Oriya film directed by Nitai Palit based on Basant Mahapatra's Novel Jhara Baula.^[1] The film portrays socio-economic conflicts in rural Odisha.

Plot[]

Sashank Patnaik and Rudra Choudhury are close friends. Rudra's son Bhanu develops love relationship with Sashank's daughter Mala. After demise of Rudra, Sashank tries to acquire the properties of Rudra. In spite of knowing Mala is pregnant and Bhanu is her lover, Sasank tries to kill Bhanu by giving poison to be the owner of the whole property. But later on Sashank realizes his mistake helps unite Bhanu and Mala.

Cast[]

... Bhanu Pratap
Prashant Nanda... Srikant
... Sashank Patnaik
... Rudra Choudhury
Chandana... Mala
... Mala's mother
Bhim Singh

Soundtrack[]

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Composer
1	"Mora Kania Suna Pania"	& S. Janaki	Upendra Kumar
2	"Bahuchhe Hure Huria Dhuka Phutichhe Phula"	Sikandar Alam &	Upendra Kumar
3	"E Bana Jharana Nachi Nachi Jaa Na"	, Sikandar Alam &	Upendra Kumar
4	"Mora Phula Bali"	&	Upendra Kumar

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References[]

^ K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake :Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas: Publisher, Routledge, United Kingdom
^ "Goldmine". Retrieved 11 May 2014.

External links[]

Mana Akasha at IMDb

[1] K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake :Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas: Publisher, Routledge, United Kingdom

[2] "Goldmine". Retrieved 11 May 2014.

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