Dharitri

{{about|the film|the newspaper|Dharitri (newspaper)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Dharitri | image = Dharitri oriya film.jpg | caption = Poster | director = Nitai Palit | producer = Dhira Biswal | writer = Amulya Kumari Patnaik | starring = Sarat Pujari<br/>Prasant Nanda<br/>Sriram Panda<br/>Dhira Biswal | music = Upendra Kumar | cinematography = S. Swant | editing = Ramesh Joshi | studio = Progressive Films Productions | distributor = Progressive Films Productions | released = {{Film date|df=y|1973|03|30}} | runtime = 278 min | country = India | language = Odia | budget =  | gross =  }} '''''Dharitri''''' is a social satire drama in Odia, released on 30 March, 1973. It is based on Amulya Kumari Patnaik's novel of the same name. Sarat Pujari, Prashant Nanda, Sriram Panda, Bhanumati Devi and Dhira Biswal acted in key roles.<ref>{{ cite web |url=http://www.odiamoviedatabase.com/year-1973/|title=Released by Year » Year 1973|publisher=Odia Movie Database}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |url=http://oriya.incredibleorissa.com/movie/dharitri/|title=Dharitri|publisher=IncredibleOrissa}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |url=http://themusepaper.blogspot.in/2011/06/dharitri-odia-movie-1973.html |title=Dharitri (Odia Movie: 1973)|publisher=musepaper}}</ref><ref>{{ cite book |author= K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayak |title='''Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas''' (p-67)|publisher=Routledge, United Kingdom}}</ref>

==Plot== Girish Choudhury is a pseudo-social activist and politician. He has two sons, Subhendu and Sudhir. To get popularity in society, he gets his daughter-in-law from a poor family for his son Subhendu. Subhendu doesn't like his wife Mamata and stays in town engaged in the contracting business with the help of his father. Girish's wife always tortures Mamata and asks for dowry. Mamata silently bears all the pain and torture caused by her mother-in-law. Sudhir, a revolutionist, doesn't accept the things happening in his house and revolts against his father, mother and brother. at last he gets success uniting Subhendu and Mamata.

==Cast== * Sarat Pujari as Subhendu Choudhury * Bhanumati Devi as Girish's wife * Prashant Nanda as Rabi * Sriram Panda as Sudhir Choudhury * ''Dhira Biswal'' as Girish Choudhury * ''Sandhya Acharya'' as Mamata * ''Bhim Singh'' as Braja * ''Govind Tej'' as Usha's father * ''Shyamalendu Bhattacharjee'' as Sudhir's friend * ''Dinabandhu Das'' as Murali * ''Babaji Sahu'' as Mamu * ''Narendra Behera'' as Sudhir's friend * ''Aneema Pedini'' as Ragini * ''Alpana Nayak'' as Usha

==Soundtrack== The music for the film was composed by Upendra Kumar. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Song ! Lyrics ! Singer(s)

|- |"Pirati Tora Duru Juhara"|| Brundaban Jena ||Chita Ranjan Jena, Sipra Bose |- |"Prananatha Naileta Jibana Hari"|| Sibabrata Das ||Sipra Bose |- |"Sapanara Pathe Pathe"|| Sibabrata Das ||Sikandar Alam |- |"Swargadapi Gariyasi Janani Maa Dharitri" || Sibabrata Das ||Shyamal Mitra |- |"Mohan He Mohan"|| Narayan Prasad Singh ||Nirmla Misra |- |"Barambar Dele Parichaya" || Narayan Prasad Singh||Sikandar Alam, Sipra Bose

|}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://odiamusic.com/Category/CategoryResult.php?first=3&second=Dharitri|title=Film : Dharitri |publisher=OdiaMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nABELe0R554|title=Sikander Alam sings 'Sapanara Pathe Pathe...' in Odia Movie 'Dharitri'(1973) |publisher=odia melody}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_0Gnckbp4E|title=Shyamal Mitra sings 'Swargadapi Gariyasi...' in Odia Movie 'Dharitri'(1973) |publisher=odia melody}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vroXHfXIqk|title=Chitta Jena & Sipra Bose sings 'Pirati Tora..' in Odia Movie 'Dharitri'(1973) |publisher=odia melody}}</ref>

==Trivia== Actor Sriram Panda debuted in the film.

==Awards== * 2nd Orissa State Film Awards 1974<ref>{{cite book|title=Careers Digest: A Journal of Careers, Competitions, and Current Affairs, Volume 13|publisher=Carrier Digest}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Sambit Prakash Dash|title='''Orissa reference: glimpses of Orissa''' (p-164)|publisher=TechnoCAD Systems, 2001}}</ref> ** Best Film ** Best director - Nitai Palit

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0249469}} * [http://enewsodia.com/e/movie-news/ Enewsodia Ollywood Entertainment News]

Category:1973 films Category:1970s Odia-language films Category:Indian satirical films Category:Indian drama films Category:1973 Indian films Category:1970s satirical films Category:1973 drama films