Shesha Shrabana

1976 129’ col Oriya d/sc Prashanta Nanda pc Shri Jagannath Films st Basanta Mahapatra’s play co-lyr Sibabrata Das co-lyr/m Prafulla Kar c Rajan Kinagi lp Prashanta Nanda, Mahashweta, Mohammed Mohsin, Hemant Das, Banaja Mohanty

Oriya star Nanda’s successful directorial debut and the second Orissa colour film. The Brahmin woman Manika (Mahashweta in her screen debut) is rescued in a flood by the fisherman Sania (Nanda). When he takes her home, their class differences cause problems in the village. When the brutish village head tries to rape Manika, she jumps into the river and Sania goes insane.

Film