Suryamukhi
Suryamukhi recieved Certicate of Merit as Best Regional Film (Odia) in National Film Award 1963. First film as music composer, Shantanu Mohapatra’s dazzling scores were rendered by the melody queen Lata Mangeskar, Manna Dey, Pranab Patnaik, Nirmala Mishra and Sikandar Alam. These renditions remain timeless classics.
Shantanu Mohapatra
Gurukrushna Goswami
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Known For Shantanu Mohapatra
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Cast & Crew
Music
Shantanu Mohapatra
Lyrics
Gurukrushna Goswami
Movie Details
Released on: October 17 1963 at Capital Cinema, Cuttack
Directed by: Prafulla Sengupta
Asst. Directors: Gurukrushna Goswami, Ranjan Mazumdar
Produced by: Soumendra Mishra
Production Co: Uday Pictures
Story: Soumendra Mishra
Dialogues: Gurukrushna Goswami
Art Direction: Kartik Basu
Editing: Sukumar Sengupta
Audiography: Atul Chatterjee
Cinematography: Kanhai Dey
Background Score: Surashree Orchestra
Still Photography: Aziz, Rashid
Lyrics: Gurukrushna Goswami
Music: Shantanu Mohapatra
Cast: Ananta Mohapatra, Bimal Choudhury, Dhira Biswal, Laxmipriya Mahapatra, Minati Mishra, Samuel Sahu, Soumendra Mishra, Sukhalata Mohanty and others
Songs:
- Sei Chuna Chuna (Singer: Lata Mangeshkar)
- Sei Nila Pari Deshe Janhi Chandarama Hase (Singer: Sikandar Alam, Nirmala Mishra)
- Antara Kande Bahare Hase Sei Mora Parichaya (Singer: Pranab Patnaik)
- Duniare Samayara Naee Bahi Jaere (Singer: Manna Dey)
- Bandhure Duniare Samayara Nai Bahi Jaae (Singer: Manna Dey)
Synopsis:
Raju, a simple village boy, stands first in his B. A. examination and goes to Cuttack for post-graduation studies. He now enters into a different world, and his ideology of simplicity gets a severe jolt. Usha, the class-mate of Raju and the only daughter a Rai Bahadur, comes into contact with him. Usha’s admiration for his intellect and self-integrity is misjudged by Raju. He falls in love with her. Raju is, however. insulted and driven away by the Rai Bahadur from his house. In frustration, he leaves Cuttack. Usha’s marriage is settled with Debasis, a brilliant engineer, but later it does not materialise. The Rai Bahadur is heart-broken and leaves for Puri for a change.
Raju’s widowed mother is restless to know Raju’s where abouts. She falls ill and is persuaded by Loknath. the village leader, to go to Puri, with Mohan, the elder brother of Raju. At Puri, Loknath incidentally meets the Rai Bahadur who happens to be his college friend. He introduces Mohan to Rai Bahadur and this culminates in Usha’s marriage with Mohan. Raju finds work in a factory where one day he meets with an accident and is believed to have lost his eyesight. This gives a terrible blow to his mother who dies with a longing heart. Raju undergoes an eye-operation. Raju comes home completely cured and to his surprise sees Usha as a Nua Bou (Sister-in-Law). Usha, who now realises her responsibility, requests Raju to marry Geeta, his childhood friend, who has loved him silently for years and has always looked at him as a sunflower looks at the Sun. Raju yields to the strength and purity of love and marries Geeta.
Image credit:
Suryamukhi Poster (Courtesy: Surya Deo)
Suryamukhi Song Book (Courtesy: Tushar Nath Mohapatra)
