Sadhana (1964)
Sadhana was based on the novel ‘Chhinapatra’ by Ashapoorna Devi. The film was adjudged as 2nd Best Regional Film (Odia) and received President’s Silver Medal. Actor Sarat Pujari was co-producer of Sadhana. He also written dialogues under the pseudo name Shiladitya, assisted by Minati Mishra.
Director:
Prabhat Mukhopadhyay
Writer:
Prabhat Mukhopadhyay
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Sarat Pujari as Arup Das |
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Minati Mishra as Surekha |
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Ananta Mohapatra as |
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Dhira Biswal as |
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Leela Dulali as |
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Samuel Sahu as Srikant Patnaik |
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Tushar Panigrahi as |
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Urabashi Joshi as Alaka |
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Radharani Sarkar as |
| Directing | Prabhat Mukhopadhyay | Director |
| Sound | Pranab Kishore Patnaik | Playback Singer |
| Writing | Gunanidhi Dash | Lyricist |
| Writing | Ashapurna Devi | Original Story |
| Writing | Minati Mishra | Dialogue |
| Writing | Kalicharan Pattnaik | Lyricist |
| Writing | Prabhat Mukhopadhyay | Screenplay |
| Sound | Shipra Bose | Playback Singer |
| Writing | Shiladitya | Dialogue |
| Writing | Pramod Panigrahi | Lyricist |
| Writing | Gurukrushna Goswami | Lyricist |
| Camera | Dinen Gupta | Director of Photography |