Balunga Toka

Balunga Toka is a 2011 Indian Odia-language romantic drama film directed by Sudhakar Basant. The film stars Anubhav Mohanty and Barsha Priyadarshini as lead role. A remake of the 2004 Tamil-Telugu bilingual film 7G Rainbow Colony, it released on 2 October 2011.^[2][3][4] The film was commercially successful.The film score was released by Amara Muzik.

Balunga Toka
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Sudhakar Basant
Written by	Muni Patra
Screenplay by	Sudhakara Basant
Produced by	Prabhas Chandra Rout
Starring	Anubhav Mohanty Barsha Priyadarshini Papu Pom Pom Minaketan Das
Cinematography	R. Bhagat Singh
Edited by	Chandra Sekhar Mishra
Music by	Abhijit Mazumdar
Release date	2 October 2011 (2011-10-02)
Running time	157 min
Country	India
Language	Odia
Budget	75 lakhs
Box office	est. ₹ 4 crore[1]

Synopsis

Chiku (Anubhav Mohanty) is living with his parents and younger sister . He always involves in fights on street and not interested in studies. Due to his rough behaviour, his father always scolds him. Chiku's life changes when he meets Preeti (Barsha Priyadarshini) and falls in love with her. He got a job due to Preeti's efforts and Chiku's skill to convince people with very good way. When Preeti's mother got know the affair between chiku and preeti then she left the society and arranged the pre-planned marriage of her daughter with another guy. Preeti escapes from home to unite with Chiku. But due to some misunderstanding with Chiku, Preeti leaves Chiku and had an accident. And at the same place chiku also had an accident. Due to the accident, he losses his memory. After getting back his memory, he got to know that his father is getting beaten by some baddies. And at the same place Chiku saw Preeti is preparing for the marriage. At last and after the fight, Preeti's father feel the love and affection between Chiku and Preeti and he accepts their love.

Cast

• Anubhav Mohanty as Chiku
• Barsa Priyadarshini as Preeti
• Minaketan Das as Chiku's father
• Priyanka Mahapatra as Chiku's mother
• Prativa Panda as Rocky
• Salil Mitra
• Arabinda Sadhangi as Das Babu
• Jiban Panda
• Manoj Panda
• Sambit Acharya
• Guddu Comedian
• Kalicharan
• Sudhakar Basant

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Soundtrack

The songs are composed by Abhijit Mazumdar.^[6] The song "Balunga Toka" is based on "Hey Vetri Velaa" from Padikkadavan.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Balunga Toka"	Nirmal Nayak	Vinod Rathod	5:31
2.	"Are Re Re"	Nizam	Udit Narayan, Anjali Mishra	6:30
3.	"Tuki Sei Sapana"	Nizam	Javed Ali, Anjali Mishra	2:13
4.	"Mana Mo Ma Emiti Eka"	Nirmala Nayak	Babul Supriyo	5:26
5.	"Kichi Hau Hau Kichi Hela"	Nirmala Nayak	Babul Supriyo	3:56

Box office

The film proved to be a big hit and have crossed 100 days in several theaters in Odisha.^[7][8] It grossed a total of ₹4 crore at the box office.^[9]

Awards

• 3rd Tarang Cine Awards 2012
  • Best Film – Prabhas Raut
  • Best Actor – Anubhav Mohanty
  • Best Supporting Actor – Minaketan Das
  • Best Comedian – Papu Pam Pam^[10]
• 3rd Etv Oriya Film Awards 2012
  • Best Film – Prabhas Raut
  • Best Director – Sudhakara Basanta
  • Best Actor – Anubhav Mohanty
  • Best Comedian – Papu Pam Pam
  • Best Music director – Abhijit Majumdar
  • Best Lyrics writer – Nirmal Nayak^[11][12]
• Lalchand Entertainment Awards 2012
  • Best Actor – Anubhav Mohanty^[13]