Stree (1968 film)


Stree is an award winning 1968 Oriya film directed by Siddhartha, which is a pseudonym for Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, & Ram Chandra Thakur.

Synopsis

One day Anuaradha and her brother, a medical doctor, find a young man, Debabrata, unconsciousness in the tides by the sea shore and bring him home. With treatment by her brother and her care, Debabrata gets well. Anuradha and Debabrata fall in love. Her brother, Prasanna, gets them married and sees off the couple to Debarata's home. Upo arriving Anuradha discovers Debabrata is actually a widower and has a son. She feels betrayed but as a devoted loving wife overcomes the feeling and gets along with all of Debabrata's family members in the big house. Gradually she gets close to Debrabrata too and takes care of his son as her own. Debabrata's sister Bhanu can't accept Anuradha and creates misunderstanding between wife and husband. At last biased Debabrata leaves the house with his son leaving his wife Anuradha behind. But Anuradha doesn't lose hope. With her determination, sacrifice and devotion, they reunite in the end.

Cast

The music for the film is composed by Bhubanseswar Misra.
SongLyricsSinger
"Sanja Sakale Tuma Chhabi Khoje"Narayan Prasad SinghNirmala Mishra
"Jhumi Jhumi Aase Aakhi"Narayan Prasad SinghSujata Mukherjee, Akshaya Mohanty
"Mo Aakhira Kete Katha Mo Manara Nirabata"Sarada NaikSandhya Mukherjee,
"Tuma Bina Ei Raati Bhala Lagen"Narayan Prasad SinghNirmala Mishra, Pranab Patnaik
"Tume Jyadi Saathi Mora Nia Mote Bhulai"Narayan Prasad SinghNirmala Mishra
"Kali Juga Krushna Muhin Tu Mo Heroine"Swaroop NaikAkshaya Mohanty
"Biti Jae Re"
"Ganga Je Deshe"

Trivia

The film's director, music composer and heroine have pseudonym names.
RolePseudonymReal name
DirectorSiddharth
Music composerSrikumarBhubneswar Misra
ActressChandanaParbati Ghose

Box office

The film was made on a budget of INR 1,87,000.00. The film was declared as a box office hit.

Awards