Lalita (1949 film)

1949 Indian film

Lalita

Directed by| Kalyan Gupta
Produced by| Great Eastern Movieton
Starring| Lokanatha Mishra
Uma Banerjee
Sumati Devi
Pankaj Nanda
Music by| Kali Charan Pattanayak
Distributed by| Great Eastern Movieton

Release date

* 1949 (1949)

Country| India
Language| Odia

Lalita is a 1949 Indian folklore Oriya film directed by Kalyan Gupta.[1][2][3][4]

## Plot

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King Indradyumna completes a Temple at Puri, but cannot find the living deity, Nila Madhaba (Lord Jagannath). he sends messengers in all directions to bring him the news about Lord Nila Madhaba. One Brahmin messenger Bidyapati comes across a Savara village in the dense forest and stays there as guest to the Savara King Biswabasu. Bidayapati gets the hearsay about Biswabasu, who, secretly keeps the lord Nila Madhaba in a remote cave and worships him. Bidyapati pretends to fall in love with Biswabasu's daughter Lalita and finally marries her. Lalita persuades her father to show her husband, the Lord. Biswabasu agrees and takes Bidyapati to the remote secret cave. Bidyapati plans to take the deity to Puri, but the deity vanishes at last.

## Cast

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* Lokanatha Mishra... Bidyapati
* Uma Banerjee... Lalita
* Sumati Devi... Maya
* Pankaj Nanda... Bishwabasu
* Dampdar Das... Indradyumna

## Snippets

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It is the second Odia film released after a span of thirteen years from the first Odia film Sita Bibaha. Makhanlal Banerjee was the hero of the first Odia film, while his wife Uma Banerjee played the role of the heroine in the second movie, Lalita.

## References

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1. ^ Review of films made on Lord Jagannath
2. ^ "Orissa Cinema :: All the Oriya Films". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
3. ^ Seventy five years Orissa cinema Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "Songs of Lalita". OdiaHits.com.

## External links

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* Lalita at IMDb

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