Sadhana
Sadhana was based on the novel ‘Chhinapatra’ by Ashapoorna Devi. The film was adjudged as 2nd Best Regional Film (Odia) and received President’s Silver Medal.
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Cast & Crew
Music
Balakrushna Dash
Acting
Minati Mishra
Production
Sarat Pujari
Movie Details
Actor Sarat Pujari was co-producer of Sadhana. He also written dialogues under the pseudo name Shiladitya, assisted by Minati Mishra.
Released on: 18th Sept 1964 at Laxmi Talkies, Sambalpur
Directed by: Prabhat Mukherjee
Production Co: Diamond Valley Productions
Story: Ashapoorna Devi
Screenplay: Prabhat Mukherjee
Dialogues: Shiladitya, Minati Mishra
Cinematography: Dinen Gupta
Lyrics: Kabichandra Kalicharan Pattnaik, Pramod Kumar Panigrahi, Gurukrushna Goswami, Gunanidhi Dash
Music: Balakrushna Dash
Cast: Sarat Pujari, Minati Mishra, Ananta Mohapatra, Dhira Biswal, Leela Dulali, Samuel Sahu, Tushar Panigrahi, Uravashi Joshi, Bijay, Tapaswini, Basanti, Bibhuti, Radharani Sarkar and others
Songs:
- Jaanena Jaanena (Singer: Shipra Bose)
- Bana Pakhi Gale Udi (Singer: Shipra Bose)
- Jhum Jhum Baje (Singer: Shipra Bose and others | Lyrics: Gunanidhi Dash)
- Tumari Preeti Niye (Singer: Shipra Bose | Lyrics: Original Rabindra Sangeet translated by Gurukrushna Goswami)
- Nayane Sunayanare (Singer: Pranab Pattnaik | Lyrics: Kabichandra Kalicharan Pattnaik)
- Bidhura Mun Birahara (Singer: Shipra Bose | Lyrics: Pramod Kumar Panigrahi
Image credit: Poster & Show Card images courtesy: Surya Deo | RPM disc image couresy: Odia Melody | Other images are collected from net
