Sansaar - 1971

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  • Sponsored by:

    Dept. Of Family Welfare, Govt of Orissa

  • Produced & Directed by:

    Gour Ghose & Parbati Ghose

  • Story, Screenplay & Dialogue:

    Sarada Naik

  • Camera:

    Dinen Gupta

  • Editor:

    Amalesh Sikdar

  • Music:

    Akshay Mohanty

  • Lyrics:

    Murari Prasad Misra, Akshay Mohanty, Sarada Naik, Sibabrata Das & Swaroop Naik

  • Playback Singers:

    Akshay Mohanty, Pranab Patnaik, Nirmala Misra, Trupti Das, Geeta Patnaik, Meera Roy, Jayshree Naik & Romi-Lalbibi

  • Song Recording:

    Satyen Chatterjee at Technician Studio

  • Dance Director:

    Ramani Ranjan Jena

  • Dance Concept:

    Chandana

  • Dancers:

    Jayshree Naik, Surabhi Nanda, Meena Samantaroy, Rashmi Lenka, Soubhagyalaxmi Patnaik, Indira Beuria & Guru Ramani Ranjan Jena

  • Make-Up:

    Manotosh Roy

  • Costume:

    Khirod Naik

  • Lab:

    India Film Laboratory (R.B. Mehta)

  • CAST:

    Gour Prasad as Surjakanta

    Parbati Ghose as Durga

    Priyanath Misra (Pira) as Managobinda

    Krushnachandra Pandey as Adhikari

    Akhay Mohanty as Bibekanand

    Sudhanshu Naik as Dinabandhu

    Swaroop Naik as Pabana

    Geeta as Uma and Netrananda as Ghana

    Shyamalendu, Subas Naik, Mena, Sujata, Satyabhama, Sarojini, Rina, Geetashree, Krushnapriya, Umashashi, Manju, Kamala, Lakshmi, Kanai Lal Ghose, Shashi, Bhagaban, Mayadhara, Manu, Ashok, Rabi, Bula, Bhola, Buda, Nursingha, Gandhi, Chittaranjan & Dr. D. Misra

    Child Stars: Romi, Lalbibi, Thumpa, Iti, Munu, Jolly, Byomakesh, Bana Jyotsna & Partha

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

    Dr. J.P. Das (Retd. IAS)

    Villagers of Jagatpur

    Members of National Club

    Manmohan, Bhagaban, Loknath, Chaitanya, Hrudananda Darshan, Nursingha, Harihar, Bhabagrahi, Krushna Charana, Konduri Charana, Sanskruti Bihar

    Mahanadi North Division

    Bikalananda Kar, Naratama

    Lakshmi Narayan Tripathy

    Braja Kishore Swain

    Akshaya Mohanty

    Abdul Rehman & Alekh Mohanty

By now, the Gour-Parbati duo had reached the pinnacle of success. In 1971, their next production, “Sansaar”, was produced by the Health & Family Welfare Department of the Government of Odisha and presented by Parbati Ghose on their behalf. The department provided full financial support, and the officers often visited the shooting sites. It was the first Odia movie to receive a tax waiver as the story was based on promoting family planning. The then Governor of Odisha, Sri B.D. Jatti, graced the premiere.

Due to the sudden and unfortunate demise of Thakur Bhai, SIDDHARTH was disbanded, and “Sansaar” was directed by Gour and Parbati. Although it focused on family welfare, the duo ensured that the movie was both artistic and entertaining. The music, performances, cinematography, and screenplay were all maintained to their high standards. Following the box office success of this film, Swarup Naik transitioned to acting in other productions and subsequently became a well-known lyricist and music director.

Akshaya Mohanty’s music was well appreciated, and all the songs from the film were very popular. One particular number, a folk song titled "Jai Phula Re", was penned by then minister Murari Prasad Misra. A group of young dancers performed this number with great élan under the dance direction of Guru Ramani Ranjan Jena, an Odissi exponent.

The entire movie was filmed at Jagatpur, Odisha.

“Sansaar” had a special screening in Bombay, attended by notable figures such as Mrs. Bimal Roy, Filmfare’s B.K. Karanjia, and correspondents from ‘Madhuri’, ‘Dharamyug’, and other leading tabloids of Bombay.

Amidst the celebrations for “Sansaar”, Gour and Parbati announced their next production, “Chha Mana AathGunta”, based on the bestselling novel by the revered writer Fakir Mohan Senapati. However, this proposed production was delayed and only saw the light of day in 1986.

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