Sarathi Films Indrapuri Studio, Technician Studio & Radha Films Studio
Gour Prashad Ghose & Parbati Ghose
Siddharth (Ram Chandra Thakur, Gour Ghose & Parbati Ghose)
Kanhucharan Mohanty
Sarada Naik
Deoji Bhai & Bijoy De
Madhu Banerjee
Sri Kumar (Bhubaneswar Mishra)
Narasingha Mahapatra, Sarada Naik & Debdas Chottray
Sandhya Mukherjee, Nirmala Misra, Raghunath Panigrahi, Akshaya Mohanty & Pranab Patnaik
Mayadhar Rout
Kasturi Naik & Others
Famed Dance Exponent, Sanjukta Panigrahi
Trilochan Pal & Debi Haldar
Khirod Naik
Gour Prasad as Sunanda
Chandana (Parbati Ghose) as Nandika
Geeta as Lalita
Monimala as Sunanda’s Mother
Krushnachandra Pandey, Byomakesh
Mena, Kumud, Purnachand, Sarojini, Rukmini
Parul, Krushna, Sarat, Kunja Nanda
Sudhanshu Naik, Subash Naik, Swaroop Naik
Noor Md., Raju, Babaji, Digambar
Niranjan, Gokuli, Himanshu
Sarangadhara, Noor Singha, Raghunath
Suren, Sribachha, Ashok, Mayadhara
Child Artists: Romi and Lalbibi
Riding the wave of success, Gour Prashad and Parbati Ghose plunged into their next production, “Kaa”, in 1965. This film was based on one of the bestselling Odia novels by the acclaimed writer Kanhu Charan Mohanty.
Ram Chandra Thakur (Thakur Bhai) from Bombay was invited to direct this movie jointly with Gour and Parbati under the pseudonym SIDDHARTH. Gour Ghose had the fortune of Thakur Bhai’s association during his struggling-artiste days in Bombay, now Mumbai.
This movie saw the debut and foray of many artistes into the Odia Cine World:
“Kaa” went on to become their biggest success, earning them name, fame, money, and their second National Award, again in the regional category. Gour and Parbati’s portrayal of their respective characters propelled them to the next level of stardom, becoming synonymous with their film names, ‘Sunanda’ and ‘Nandika’. Kanhu Bhai (Kanhu Charan Mohanty) was overwhelmed by their portrayal and moved to tears, showering his blessings on the couple for immortalizing his work. Then MP Nandini Satpathy attended the premiere and praised their performance.
After the massive success of “Kaa”, Gour and Parbati were inclined to make a film based on Gyanpith Award winner Gopinath Mohanty’s (Kanhu Charan’s younger brother) epic novel ‘Amrutara Santana’, which depicted the struggle, agony, and survival of tribal life. An initiative was taken, and the writer agreed to the film version. However, their dream project could not be materialized due to the sudden demise of the writer.