Bhai-Bhai
Bhai-Bhai is a 1956 Odia film produced by Gour Prasad Ghose and directed by Nitai Palit. The film was inspired by a book, Bhai Bhai, written by Santanu Kumar Das.
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Cast & Crew
Movie Details
With Bhai-Bhai, Gour Prasad Ghose became independent producer at the age of 27. Dialogues & Lyrics of Bhai-Bhai were penned by eminent writer Manoj Das. Santanu Kumar Das, then a minister in the cabinet of the then CM Nabakrushna Choudhury wrote the story of Bhai-Bhai. Laxmipriya Mohapatra, wife of Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra (Odissi exponent), debuted in Bhai-Bhai.
Released on: 21 July 1956 at Prabhat Cinema, Cuttack
Director: Nitai Palit
Produced by: Gour Prasad Ghose, Dalita Jatisangha
Production Co.: Chitram
Story: Shantanu Kumar Das
Screenplay: Nitai Palit
Dialogues: Manoj Das
Cinematography: Bishwanath Das & Dinen Gupta
Audiography: Anil Pain
Art Direction: Divyasingh Giri
Editing: Biswanath Naik, Devidas Ganguly
Background Score: Bhuban-Balsara
Music: Bhuban-Kishan (Bhubaneshwar Mishra & Balakrushna Dash)
Lyrics: Manoj Das, Parshuram Patnaik
Cast: Gour Prasad Ghose, Hemant Das, Leela Dulali, Chapala Naik (Parbati Ghose), Samuel Sahu, Pira Mishra, Srikant Mohanty, Sachidanand Das, Laxmipriya Mohapatra, Radharani, Sailabala and others
Synopsis:
In a village there are two sections of people leaving nearby. The upper cast people belongs to the Pradhans and the lower caste belongs to the Bauris. The Pradhan community are influential and landlords. The Bauri community are cultivation labourers, they work in the lands of the Pradhans. Bauris are treated as untouchable. Suduria is head of the village and is of upper caste. He is broad-minded and does not believe in untouchability. He has a soft corner for one Nidhi, who belongs to the Bauri caste. Nidhi calls Suduria affectionately as brother. Bana, who is from the Pradhan community, does not accept the daring of one of lower community to maintain a relationship with one of the upper caste. He calls a meeting in the village and asks for punishment to Nidhi for maintaining a relationship with one of the upper caste. The village people decide to punish Nidhi for his crime and bar him from working on the land and taking water from the pond. Though Suduria is against the decision, he remains silent against the voice of the Pradhan community. The lower caste Bauri community feels harassed by the decision and decides not to work in the field of the Pradhan community. Without labourers, the cultivation work has got stopped and the land becomes barren. At last, the Pradhan community realises their fault and accepts the relationship of Suduria and Nidhi.
Songs
- Kehiki Dekhicha Palli Maa Ra Hasara Rekha Luha Dheu (Singer: Balakrushna Dash)
- Rama Je Laikhan Gale Mruga Mari (Singer: Balakrushna Dash | Lyrics: Parsuram Patnaik)
Poster & images credit: GourParbati.com
