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Mana Akasha is a film of genre Drama directed by Nityananda Palit
Mana Akasha (1974)
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Add to a movie listMana Akasha (Odia: ମନ ଆକାଶ) is a 1974 Oriya film directed by Nitai Palit based on Basant Mahapatra's Novel Jhara Baula. The film portrays socio-economic conflicts in rural Odisha.
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Sashank Patnaik and Rudra Choudhury are close friends. Rudra's son Bhanu develops love relationship with Sashank's daughter Mala. After demise of Rudra, Sashank tries to acquire the properties of Rudra. In spite of knowing Mala is pregnant and Bhanu is her lover, Rudra tries to kill Bhanu by giving poison to be the owner of the whole property. But later on Sashank realizes his mistake helps unite Bhanu and Mala.Comments
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