| Dharitri | |
| Director: | Nitai Palit |
| Producer: | Dhira Biswal |
| Starring: | Sarat Pujari Prasant Nanda Sriram Panda Dhira Biswal |
| Music: | Upendra Kumar |
| Cinematography: | S. Swant |
| Editing: | Ramesh Joshi |
| Studio: | Progressive Films Productions |
| Distributor: | Progressive Films Productions |
| Runtime: | 278 min |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Odia |
Dharitri is a social satire drama in Odia, released on 30 March 1973. It is based on Amulya Kumari Patnaik's novel of the same name. Sarat Pujari, Prashant Nanda, Sriram Panda, Bhanumati Devi and Dhira Biswal acted in key roles.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Girish Choudhury is a pseudo-social activist and politician. He has two sons, Subhendu and Sudhir. To get popularity in society, he gets his daughter-in-law from a poor family for his son Subhendu. Subhendu doesn't like his wife Mamata and stays in town engaged in the contracting business with the help of his father. Girish's wife always tortures Mamata and asks for dowry. Mamata silently bears all the pain and torture caused by her mother-in-law. Sudhir, a revolutionist, doesn't accept the things happening in his house and revolts against his father, mother and brother. at last he gets success uniting Subhendu and Mamata.
The music for the film was composed by Upendra Kumar.
| Song | Lyrics | Singer(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Pirati Tora Duru Juhara" | |||
| "Prananatha Naileta Jibana Hari" | Sipra Bose | ||
| "Sapanara Pathe Pathe" | |||
| "Swargadapi Gariyasi Janani Maa Dharitri" | |||
| "Mohan He Mohan" | Narayan Prasad Singh | Nirmla Misra | |
| "Barambar Dele Parichaya" | Narayan Prasad Singh | Sikandar Alam, Sipra Bose |
Actor Sriram Panda debuted in the film.