| Malajahna | |
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| Directed by | Nitai Palit |
| Written by | Upendra kishore Das |
| Screenplay by | Nitai Palit |
| Produced by | Sriprasad Kanunugo Akshaya Mohanty Akshaya Mohanty (Kashyap) Arabinda Misra |
| Starring | Jharana Das Akshaya Mohanty (Kashyap) Bhim Singh Manimala Pira Misra |
| Cinematography | Alok Das and Sona Mukharjee |
| Music by | Akshaya Mohanty |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Sakha Distributors |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Odia |
Malajahna (Dead Moon) is a 1965 Oriya film written and directed by Nitai Palit based on a novel of the same title by the Oriya novelist Upendra Kishore Das. The film stars Akshaya Mohanty (Kashyap) and Jharana Das in the lead. Considered as a classic in the history of Oriya cinema, the film deals with an unusual theme in seventies in rural India of love between a married woman and a young man.[1][2]
This love story is narrated in the context of life in rural Orissa infested by superstitions, narrow caste prejudices and acute poverty. Women were like slaves with no mind and choice of their own and child marriages were widely prevalent. The agony and suffering of Sati may be seen as essentially related to the social evils that afflicted contemporary rural Orissa.
- ^ "Other States / Orissa News : OFJF to screen a series of classic Oriya films". The Hindu. 20 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Orissa: "Mala Janha" rescreened with emotions on the eve of 75th anniversary of Ollywood, Orissa Entertainment News". Orissadiary.com. 2 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.