Laxmi - 1962

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  • Banner:

    KALINGA FILMS

  • Studio:

    Eastern Talkies Pvt. Ltd.

  • Produced by:

    Gour Prasad Ghose & Parbati Ghose

  • Story & Screenplay:

    Sailajananda

  • Director, Dialogue & Lyrics:

    SP Naik under supervision of Binoy Banerjee (Editor & Tech. Advisor)

  • Camera:

    Romen Pal

  • Music:

    Balkrushna Das

  • Playback Singers:

    Sandhya Mukherjee, Arati Mahapatra, Tarun Banerjee, Sipra Bose, Sarada Naik, Sikandar Alam

  • Orchestra:

    Dhunichand Boral

  • Records by:

    H.M.V.

  • Dance Director:

    Dayanidhi Das

  • Dancers:

    Master Manu & Urvasi

  • Qawali:

    Munna Naim & Party

  • Pala:

    Brajamohan Das & Party

  • Sound:

    Paritosh Bose

  • Light:

    Bimal Das

  • Art:

    Hiren Lahiri

  • Title Cards by:

    Nikunja Kanan, Cuttack

  • Make-Up:

    Suresh Roy

  • Costume:

    Santosh Nath

  • Wrestlers:

    Arjun Mohanty, Narayan Swain

  • Lab:

    Prafulla Mukherjee, Durgadas Bose, Mukunda Pal, Kulamani Jena

  • Still Photo by:

    Photo Life, Cuttack

  • Production Controller:

    Naren Roy, Sanat Nandi

  • Chief Advisor:

    Jagmohan Nandi

  • SPONSORS:

    Suren Sircar

    Phagumani Khuntia

    Narendra Nath Mitra

    Sudam Prusty

    Abdul Rehman

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

    Manjul Nursery

    Science House

    Krushna Chitralaya

    Krushna Mukherjee

    Bhupen Ghosh

    Kartik Kumar Ghosh

    Dr. Khan

  • CAST:

    Chandana (Parbati Ghose) as Radha

    Gour Prasad Ghose as Ashok

    Monimala as Shanti & Samuel Sahu (Babi) as Biswanath

    Krushnachandra Pandey, Mena, Anima Pedeni

    Sarat, Dayanidhi Das, Parul, Kishori, Rabi, Ranjit, Durga, Prakash Arjun, Deben, Gokuli, Sudhanshu, Subhash, Rashid

    Lokenath, Mr. Banerjee, Kasturi, Jayshree, Gitashree

    Child Artistes: Swaroop Naik & Partha

In 1962, “Laxmi”, the third venture under the newly created banner Kalinga Films, was jointly produced by Gour and Parbati (the name given to Chandana by her in-laws). History was made as Gour Ghose introduced Parbati Ghose as the first female producer in the Odia Film Industry. Chandana’s mother, Sebati Naik, personally took care of the cast and crew during location shooting in Dakhineshwar, Kolkata.

Surendra Ranjan Sarkar (studio owner), Phagumani Khuntia, Narendra Nath Mitra, Jagmohan Nandy, Sudam Prusty, and Abdul Rehman were instrumental in the making of this movie.

This film had notable contributions including:

  • Renowned singer and composer Balukrushna Dash as the music director.
  • Noted singer Sikandar Alam lent his voice for the first time in movies.
  • Famous Bengali singers like Sandhya Mukherjee, Shipra Bose, and Tarun Banerjee rendered their voices for the first time in Odia films.
  • Many stage artistes like Samuel Sahu (Babi), Monimala, Mena, Sarat Mohanty, Krushnachandra Pandey, and Anima enacted prominent characters.
  • Parbati Ghose’s eldest brother, Sarada P. Naik, was given the first and only opportunity as a director under the supervision and technical guidance of advisor and editor, Benoy Banerjee.
  • Youngest brother Swaroop Naik acted as a child artiste in a song sequence (playback by Sikandar Alam), which became extremely popular.

By now, Gour and Parbati were known for their professionalism, and due credit was given to all involved. “Laxmi” was initially titled “Choto Moro Gaanti” (My Small Village). It was based on ‘Shahar Theke Doore’, a Bengali classic novel by Sailajananda Mukherjee, who also wrote the screenplay. Suren Sarkar had produced the Bengali version “Shahar Theke Doore” in 1943 with Mukherjee as the director. The Hindi version “Ek Gaon Ki Kahani” was produced by Basu Chitra Mandir and directed by Dulal Guha in 1957.

“Laxmi” captured the hearts of cine-goers. It was a massive box office hit, critically acclaimed, and a National Award winner in the Regional Films category. The award was presented by the then President of India, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.

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