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Kaa is a 1965 Odia film directed by Siddhartha, which is a pseudonym for Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, & Ram Chandra Thakur. The film is based on Kanhu Charan Mohanty's award-winning literary masterpiece in the same name. The Film glorifies the story of a barren woman, who induced her husband to marry another woman for the sake of the birth of a child.

Synopsis

Nandika (Parbati Ghose) and Sunanda (Gour Ghose) are happily married and live with mother-in-law Abhaya (Manimala Devi) and sister-in law Kuni in their ancestral rural home. After seven years of marriage, Nadika is still childless. Abhaya always worries about a successor to her family. Friends and relatives always blame and offend Nandika for her barrenness. So Nandika decides to make a sacrifice and convinces Sunanda to marry a girl again for the sake of a child. With lot of pressure from his mother and wife, Sunanda does marry Lalita (Geetarani). Lalita compels Sunanda to take her to his home in the city and starts living there. Over time, destiny takes a turn and it is Nandika that gets pregnant. Lalita becomes envious fearing Sunanda may not return to her. However, it so happens, Nandika dies after giving birth to a child. Lalita repents and adopts Nandika's child as her own child.

Cast

• Gour Prasad Ghose - Sunanda
• Parbati Ghose - Nandika
• Geetarani - Lalita
• Manimala Devi - Abhaya
• Byomokesh Tripathy
• Krushna Chandra Pandey
• Niranjan Satpathy
• Mayadhar Raut
• Kumud Patnaik
• Gokulananda Parida
• Babaji Nayak
• Kunjanada Sahu

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Bhubanseswar Misra.

Trivia

The film's director, music composer and heroine have pseudonym names.

Box office

The film was made on a budget of INR 1,12,500.00. The film got a huge response and was a box office hit.

Awards

• National Film Awards1966
  • President's Silver medal for Best Odia film.

References

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External links

• Kaa at IMDb

• 1966 films
• 1965 films
• 1965 drama films
• 1960s Odia-language films
• 1966 drama films
• Films based on Indian novels