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.
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.
Cast
Sarat Pujari - Parakash
Saudamini Misra - Malati
Samuel Sahu - Rajendra Samantrai
Lila Dulali - Subhadra
Dhira Biswal - Nagen Mahapatra
Ramchandra Pratihari - Nabin Mahapatra
Bhanumati Devi - Mamata
Sagar Das -Ashok
Shyamalendu Bhattacharjee - Servant
Niranjan Satapathy - Kartik
Narendra Behera - Prakash's friend
Bimal Choudhury - Prakash's father
Geetarani
Saraswati
Pira Misra
Bhim Singh
Soundtrack
The music for the film was composed by Akshaya Mohanty.
Box office
The film created a sensation and ran to packed houses for about five months in Cuttack city only. It was the first Oriya film to run more than 100 days at several theaters. The film became a box office hit.