Mana Akasha

Mana Akasha is a 1974 Oriya film directed by Nitai Palit based on Basant Mahapatra's Novel Jhara Baula.^[1] The film portrays socio-economic conflicts in rural Odisha.

Mana Akasha
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Nitai Palit
Written by	Basant Mahapatra
Screenplay by	Nitai Palit
Produced by	Ras Bihari Misra
Starring	Shanti Swaroop Misra Prashant Nanda Chandana Bhanumati Debi Dhira Biswal Gobind Tej Nityananda Misra
Cinematography	Krishna Chakraborty
Edited by	Ramesh Joshi
Music by	Upendra Kumar
Distributed by	Ideal Distributor
Release date	8 December 1974 (1974-12-08)
Running time	167 min
Country	India
Language	Odia

Plot

Sashank Patnaik and Rudra Choudhury are close friends. Rudra's son Bhanu develops love relationship with Sashank's daughter Mala. After demise of Rudra, Sashank tries to acquire the properties of Rudra. In spite of knowing Mala is pregnant and Bhanu is her lover, Sasank tries to kill Bhanu by giving poison to be the owner of the whole property. But later on Sashank realizes his mistake helps unite Bhanu and Mala.

Cast

• Shanti Swaoop Misra... Bhanu Pratap
• Prashant Nanda... Srikant
• Dhira Biswal... Sashank Patnaik
• Gobind Tej... Rudra Choudhury
• Chandana... Mala
• Bhanumati Debi... Mala's mother
• Narendra Behera
• Shyamalendu Bhatacharjee
• Bhim Singh

Soundtrack

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Composer	lyric
1	"Mora Kania Suna Pania"	Chitta Ranjan Jena & S. Janaki	Upendra Kumar	Shibabrata Das
2	"Bahuchhe Hure Huria Dhuka Phutichhe Phula"	Sikandar Alam & Purnaprabha Bahidar	Upendra Kumar	Ras Bihari Misra
3	"E Bana Jharana Nachi Nachi Jaa Na"	Chitta Ranjan Jena, Sikandar Alam & Purnaprabha Bahidar	Upendra Kumar	Shibabrata Das
4	"Mora Phula Bali"	Mohini Mohan Rath & Purnaprabha Bahidar	Upendra Kumar	Shibabrata Das

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