Neeraba Jhada
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Neeraba Jhada | |
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Directed by | Manmohan Mahapatra |
Produced by | Manmohan Mahapatra |
Starring | Hemanta Das Robin Das Jaya Swami Manimala |
Cinematography | B. Bindhani Rajsekhar |
Edited by | Satyendra Mohanty |
Music by | Shantanu Mahapatra |
Distributed by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Odia |
Neeraba Jhada The silent storm is a 1984 award-winning
Plot
In a remote village in
in the meanwhile Bhamar (played by Hemant Das) antagonizes Janardhan, when to pay back his loan he goes to work in the stone quarry instead of working for free on Janardhan's land. Janardan sees to it that he loses his Job. His real intention is to take over the last piece of land that is not mortgaged to him. Bhamar's land. While Bhamar fights for his survival in the village, his daughter Phoola finds herself drawn towards a young man in the employ of Janardhan. One day when they meet in secret, they me spied upon and Phoola is recognized. There is in scandal in the village as a result, Janardhan takes this opportunity to get Bhamar ostracized in the village, especially since he has tried to defend his daughter in public against Janardhan's allegations.
When Bhamar discovers that the allegations are true, that it really was his daughter who was meeting a man in the village in secret, he is shattered. He goes back to Janardhan to mollify him. But Janardhan is not prepared to listen. He makes it clear that unless Bhamar clears his loan, he will not he allowed to enter his own fields. He will also have to pay the penalty for his arrogance in the next village meeting. Left with no other alternative, Bhamar decides to leave the village and take up the job of a contract labourer. But before Bhamar can leave the village Haria, a contract labourer comes back suddenly one night. He has been ill, but they forced him to work all the same. Haria escaped to come home and rest for a few days, though he knows that he cannot escape the clutches of his new employers for long. The children huddle around him in the hope of gifts, but their father has come empty-handed. Looking at his son in despair he says. 'Yes. son. I have seen the wide roads and the coloured lights. But they took us fur away from them to a place where one has to work till the time, from dawn to dusk.
Bhamar and Phoola wait at the little station near the village. Phoola will go to her uncle's home and Bhamar to hard, back-breaking toil. As they wait for the train, Phoola weeps. 'Don't cry, my daughter' says her father. 'Look! Look, there lies our village. My grandfather was born there, so was my father. I was born there too. I have to come back there one day to take possession of my land!'
Cast and crew
- Production: Chayyadhwani Productions
- Story: Nandalal Mohapatra
- Direction and Screenplay: Manmohan Mahapatra
- Camera: Rai Shekhar and B. Bindhani
- Music: Shantanu Mahapatra
- Sound: Gopinath Das and Bani Mohanry
- Art Direction: Ashinn Basu and Sampad Nlahapatra
- Editing: Satyendra Mohanty
- Lead Actors: Hemanta Das, Niranjan Patnaik, Robin Das,Jaya Swami, Manimala
Review
In Neeraba Jhada,
Manmohan Mahapatra's "Neeraba Jhada" ("The Silent Storm"), a beautiful, grueling film about a peasant's brave stand against a greedy landlord's determination to grab the peasant's holdings, the last bit of property in the region not in his possession. This is as uncompromising a film imaginable about a people mired in virtual slavery, upheld by ignorance, superstition and tradition, yet it also is a tribute to humanity's strength to endure and even to hope.[2]
Awards & participation
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya(1984) - Silver Lotus for best Odiafilm
- National Film Award for Best Cinematography (1984) (black & white category) [3]
See also
References
- ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 12 December 1985.
- ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.