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
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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.