Kie Kahara
Kie Kahara (1968) is an Odia film directed by Nitai Palit. The film reflects the socio-economic conflicts of the declining Zamindar families, which were struggling to keep up social status with great difficulty.
Dhira Biswal
Nitai Palit
Akshaya Mohanty
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Cast & Crew
Production
Dhira Biswal
Directing
Nitai Palit
Music
Akshaya Mohanty
Writing
Bhim Singh
Movie Details
Kie Kahara created a sensation and ran to packed houses for about five months in Cuttack city only. It was the first Odia film to run more than 100 days at several theaters across the state. This movie has many firsts for its credit. It was released simultaneously at two cinema halls Hind & Prabhat of Cuttack. ‘Udi Udi Udi Jaare Udi’ is the first Odia song based on kite flying. This was the longest Odia feature film at that time in 1968. In choreography and other technicalities much advancement had been adopted for the first time in this movie. For the first time one song from this movie ‘Paradeshi Bandhu Tume’ had an all time hit in marriage band parties. This was a marvelous movie of the century with full package of superb acting, well furnished story line, and good sense of comedy, momentous music and lyrics.
Released on: 12 June 1968
Directed by: Nitai Palit
Produced by: Dhira Biswal
Production Co: Panchasakha Pictures
Story: Nitai Palit, Gopal Chhotrai, Bhim Singh
Screenplay: Nitai Palit
Dialogue: Subodh Pattanaik
Editing: Ramesh Joshi
Cinematography: Dinen Gupta
Choreography: Krishna Kumar
Art Direction: Kartik Basu
Lyrics: Kabichandra Kalicharan Pattanayak, Gurukrushna Goswami, Narayan Prasad Singh, Devdas Chhotray, Partha Sarathi Mohapatra
Music: Akshay Mohanty
Cast: Sarat Pujari, Samuel Sahu (Babi), Dhira Biswal, Leela Dulali, Bhanumati Devi, Sagar Das, Narendra Behera (Nari), Niranjan Satapathy, Ramchandra Pratihari, Saudamini Mishra, Shyamalendu Bhattacharya, Bimal Choudhury, Pira Mishra, Bhim Singh, Geetarani, Saraswati and others
Genre: Drama, Musical
Songs:
- Chakori Jharana Luha (Singer: Akshaya Mohanty | Lyrics: Akshaya Mohanty)
- Hai Madabhari Aakhi (Singer: Shyamal Mitra | Lyrics: Partha Sarathi Mohapatra)
- Hema Harini Mathara Mani (Singers: Nirmala Mishra, Shipra Bose | Lyrics: Kabichandra Kalicharan Pattanayak)
- Paradeshi Bandhu Tume (Singer: Nirmala Mishra | Lyrics: Devdas Chhotray)
- Phulei Rani Saja Phula (Singers: Akshaya Mohanty & Shipra Bose | Lyrics: Gurukrushna Goswami)
- Udasi Aakhi Chanhi Rahe (Singer: Arati Muhkerjee | Lyrics: Narayan Prasad Singh)
- Udi Udi Udi Jaare Udi (Singers: Akshaya Mohanty | Lyrics: Narayan Prasad Singh)
Synopsis:
Prakash’s father leaves him after his wife’s death and gives Prakash’s custody to his sister Mamata. Mamata gives a good education to Prakash and he becomes an engineer. Prakash gets a job in town, In the town, he meets Rajendra Samantrai’s family and stays in their home as tenant. Rajendra Samantrai’s forefathers are Zamindars. Rajendra struggles enough to fulfill the demands of his wife and her status. in the meanwhile, Rajendra’s daughter Malati falls in love with Prakash. Rajendra accepts their love, but Subhadra prefers Nagen, who is the son of a wealthy contractor Nabin Mahapatra over Prakash. Subhadra believes Nagen’s wealth can help them maintain their status. When Nagen comes with an offer for his marriage with Malati, Rajendra flatly denies this. The offended Nagen tries to disrupt Rajendra’s family. Also Nagen successfully creates confusion between Prakash and Malati. Prakash’s father arrives the scene and ends all confusion. At last Prakash and Malati get married.
Image credit:
Kie Kahara EP disc cover image courtesy: Odia Melody | Kie Kahara movie artwork image courtesy: Surya Deo
