''Chilika Teerey'' is a 1977
India
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Odia film
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directed by
Biplab Roy Choudhury, story of an oppressed, illiterate fisher-folk, being swindled and kept in check by the business sharks and how they revolt.
Plot
Near
Chilika Lake, there is a cluster of villages inhabited by fisherfolk. They are exploited by the large fishing companies. Raghu, a revolutionary village youth leads the village to confront the fishing company. One fishing company manager Sricharan tries to demoralise and divide the unity of fisherfolk. But the revolution starts with pace. While Sricharan tries to escape from the scene, the villagers thrown him up in the Chilika Lake. Raghu, has a love interest with a village girl Padma, but he is not allowed to marry her as she belongs to another caste. At last, dejected Raghu hands over the revolution torch to Jadu and leaves with Padma rowing through lake Chilika in search of a new world.
Cast
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Bijay Mohanty
Bijay Mohanty (8 April 1950 – 20 July 2020) was an Indian actor who worked primarily in Odia Cinema. He starred in the film '' Chilika Teerey'', which was honored a National Film Award.
Personal life
Mohanty was born in 1950 in an aristocrat ...
as Raghu
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Tandra Roy as Padma
*Netrananda Misra as Sricharan
*Hemanta Das as Jadu
*Sujata Anand
*Runu Bose
*Akshaya Mohanty Kashyap
*Preeti Patnaik
*Manju Pradhan
*Radharani
Music
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Shantunu Mahapatra has arranged music for this film.
Awards
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National Film Awards
The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...
(1978) - Certificate of merit for best
Odia film.
References
External links
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1977 films
1970s Odia-language films
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