Shree Loknath (1960)
April 14, 1960Release Date
Plot.
Dr. Ajay Patanayak, a doctor by profession doesnt believe in the existing of God. His wife Basanti having no child has immense faith in God. She is also deeply attached to his brother in law Bijay. Laxmi, a neighbor has love interest with Bijay. Bijay visits Puris Sri Lokanath Temple for blessing with a hope to his sister in law gets a son. Basanti becomes pregnant and delivers a son. The happy family named the child as Lokanath after the deity. As Lokanath grows up, Bijay feels neglected by the family and leaves the house. Bijay becomes a tutor in Jaipur. In the meanwhile his love interest Laxmi marries to a Zamindar named Surya of Puri. Three year elapse, Basanti and his husband in Puri to offer oblation to Lord Sri Lokanath but they are however prevented from visiting the temple by a storm. The child Lokanath is bitten by a snake and his body is taken to cremation ground.
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Cast & Crew.

Akshaya Mohanty Kashyap

Bimal Ghosh

Khagen Mitra

Kshetrapal Mishra

Balakrushna Dash
Music

Debesh Ghosh
Sound Recordist

Kartik Ghosh
Lyricist

Sukumar Sengupta
Editor

Aswini Kumar Ghosh
Story

Bipin Mohanty
Dialogue

Mrinal Guhathakurta
Sound Recordist

Mantosh Ray
Makeup Artist

Premendra Mitra
Screenplay

Nitai Sarkar
Makeup Artist

Ramanada Sengupta
Art Direction

Ramananda Sengupta
Director of Photography

Subodh Das
Art Direction

Prafulla Sengupta
Director

Narasingh Mohapatra
Lyricist

Prabhas Bhattacharya
Lighting Director

Santosh Ray Choudhury
Art Direction

Hrudayananda Das
Still Photographer

Shailen Mukherjee

Bishnu Pattnaik

Manimala Debi

Samuel Sahu

Banchhanidhi Satapathy

Kshirod Mohanty

Pitabasa

Dukhiram Swain

Sibushekhar Sarkar

Dinabandhu Das

Krushnachandra Pandey
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Wiki.
Sri Lokanath is a 1960 Indian Odia-language film directed by Prafulla Sengupta and based on a story by Aswini Kumar Ghosh. This Indian socio-fantasy film won a National Film Award in 1960, and was the 11th Odia film produced under Ruprang Pvt. Ltd. It was the first Odia film to receive a National Award.