Bou (English : Mother) is a 1998 Indian Odia-language drama film. It was directed, produced and written by Sabyasachi Mohapatra.[1][2][3] Usasi Misra, Jyoti Misra and Akshaya Bastia debuted in the film.[4]

Bou
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Directed bySabyasachi Mohapatra
Written bySabyasachi Mohapatra
Produced bySabyasachi Mohapatra
StarringMahasweta Roy
Bijay Mohanty
Siddhanta Mahapatra,
Mihir Das,
Usasi Misra,
Jyoti Misra
CinematographyAum Prakash Mohapatra
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byRamesh Mahananda
Production
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Kumar Pictures
Release date
  • 28 July 1998 (1998-07-28)
Running time
158 min
CountryIndia
LanguageOdia

Synopsis

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Umakant (Bijay Mohanty) and Durga (Mahasweta Roy) lives happily with two sons Deepak (Siddhanta Mahapatra) and Amar (Akshaya Bastia) and daughter-in-law Seema (Usasi Misra), the wife of Deepak. Umakant does everything for his children's better up-keeping. One day Umakant meets an accident and becomes handicap. Instead of supporting the parents, Deepak and Amar desert them and live separately. In the meantime Durga comes to rescue of Umakant and tries to find a job for herself to support her family. Durga has dress designing skills. With supports from Atal Bihari (Mihir Das), she finds a job of dress designer in a company. By her outstanding skills, she excelled in her profession and good fortune. The time passes away, Deepak and Amar face lot of trouble in their life and become bankrupt. They seek help from their parents, Durga refuse to help them any way. But Umakant convinces durga to support and forgive their children and at last the family united.

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Awards

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Award Category Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Orissa State Film Awards 1998 Best Film Sabyasachi Mohapatra Won [5]
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Best Director Sabyasachi Mohapatra Won
Best Actor Bijay Mohanty Won
Best Actress Mahasweta Roy Won
Best Supporting Actor Siddhant Mohapatra Won
Best Screenplay Sabyasachi Mohapatra Won

References

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  1. ^ "Oriya Film Industry". Welcome To Orissa. www.welcomeorissa.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008.
  2. ^ "List Of Odia Movies - 1936 to 2013". Nuaodisha.com.
  3. ^ "Oriya / Odia Cinema released in 1998 in Orissa / Odisha". ollywood-actor-actress.blogspot.com.
  4. ^ "Released by". Odia Movie Database. 1998. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.
  5. ^ K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayak. Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas (p-71). Routledge, United Kingdom.
  6. ^ "State Film Awards". Odia Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Orissa State Film Award Winners". ORISSACINEMA.COM.
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