'STREE' (Odia) - 1968 - National Award in Regional Category

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  • Banner:

    Sarathi Films

  • Studio:

    Technician Studio

  • Produced by:

    Gour Ghose & Parbati Ghose

  • Director:

    Siddharth (Ram Chandra Thakur, Parbati Ghose & Gour Prasad Ghose)

  • Chief Advisor:

    Ramchandra Thakur (Thakur Bhai)

  • Story:

    Srabani (Parbati Ghose)

  • Screenplay & Dialogue:

    Sarada Naik

  • Camera:

    Bijoy Dey & Shanti Dutta

  • Editor:

    Madhu Banerjee

  • Music:

    Sri Kumar (Bhubaneswar Mishra)

  • Song Recording at:

    India Film Laboratory

  • Lyrics:

    Narasingh Mahapatra

    Narayan Prasad Singh

    Akshay Mohanty, Sarada Naik

    Devdas Chhottray, Swaroop Naik

    Swabhakabi Gangadhar Meher

  • Playback Singers:

    Sandhya Mukherjee, Nirmala Misra, Sujata Mukherjee, Akshay Mohanty, Pranab Patnaik

    Jayshree & Romi-Lalbibi

  • Dance Directors:

    Raghu Dutta, Sura Bharati, Shyamalendu, Tutu & Chandana

  • Dancers:

    Famed Exponent Kukumina with Kasturi, Polly, Alok, Meena, Surabhi, Ratna, Geeta & Shyamalendu

  • Set:

    Subodh Das

  • Make-Up:

    Manotosh Roy

  • Costume Design:

    Khirod Naik

  • Costume:

    Sher Ali, Abdulla, Buddhu, Ganesh & Orissa Chitralaya

  • Ornaments:

    Nilambari (Pratap Mehta)

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

    Govt. Of Orissa, State Financial Corp.

    Orissa Cement Ltd.

    Hindustan Steel Ltd.

    Indo-German Club

    Mr. & Mrs. Bushman

    S.M. Sahukar

    D.N. Sathpathy

    Lulu Parija

    Abdul Rehman

    Kamini Patnaik

  • CAST:

    Gour Ghose as Debabrata

    Chandana (Parbati Ghose)
    as Anuradha

    Child Artiste: Romi as Nayan

    Guest Artiste: Ruma Guha Thakurta

    Anima Pedeni as Debabrata’s Mother

    Jadunath Routroy as Shankar

    Lila Dulali as Bhanu

    Swaroop Naik as Bijuli

    Sarada Naik, Sudhanshu Naik, Subash Naik

    Alekh Mohanty, Kunja Nanda, Sarat, Shekhar

    Shyamalendu, Ashok, Sahukar, Pramod Patnaik

    Bijoy, Dilawar, Noor Md.

    Mena, Sunita & Sujata Anand

    Child Artistes: Jayshree, Gitashree, Biplab, Gopal, Partha, Soumitra, Laltu, Mitu, Rebati, Neli, Debashish, Mama, Bubu, Itishree, Bonojyotsna, Kuni, Sabita, Chitra & Lalbibi

1968 saw a new production, “Stree”, under the banner Sarathi Films. The story was by Parbati Ghose under the pen name Srabani.
This was the second directorial venture of the trio Thakur Bhai, Gour Prashad, and Parbati Ghose under SIDDHARTH.

Gour and Parbati scored a hat trick of National Awards with “Stree” in the regional category. The award was presented by the then President, Sri V. V. Giri.
The premiere, held in Rourkela, was attended by notable figures including the then CM Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo and Industry Minister Harihar Patel.

Ghose’s ongoing tradition of introducing new faces and talents continued with this movie:

  • Jadunath Routray, Shyamalendu Bhattacharya, and Sunita were introduced in major roles.
  • Guru Raghu Datta debuted as dance director.
  • Famed dancers like Kukumina, Ratna Ray, and Alok Bahidar debuted on screen.
  • Debutant Sujata Anand went on to become a popular star.
  • Ruma Guha Thakurta, the famous Bengali actress/singer, made a guest appearance.
  • Swarup Naik shot to fame with his portrayal of Bijuli. He penned his first lyrics for a song picturized on his character, which made him very popular.
  • Their son Romi had the pivotal role of Nayan, earning him a nomination for a National Award in the Best Child Artiste category.

The climax scene was shot in the premises of the famous Raghunath Jew Temple in Cuttack.
This iconic last shot with the Temple background has been honored and immortalized by the National Film Archive of India in their 2019 desk calendar.

The songs were filmed at Rabindra Mandap in Bhubaneswar and at Indira Gandhi Park and Vedvyash in Rourkela.

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