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Matira Manisha is a film of genre Drama directed by Mrinal Sen with Prashanta Nanda
Matira Manisha (1967)
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Add to a movie listMatira Manisha (Man of the Soil) (Odia: ମାଟିର ମଣିଷ ) is a 1966 Odia film, from India, directed by Mrinal Sen.
Based on the novel by Kalindi Charan Panigrahi of the same name, the film contrasts traditional and modern values as exemplified by the different attitudes of two brothers towards their inherited family land. The plot explores human relationships using a wide range of themes, including Gandhian and Marxist ideologies, postwar social conditions, agrarian culture, rustic life, and traditional family values.
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The plot revolves round the family of Shama Pradhan, a rural farmer, and his two sons, Baraju (played by Sarat Pujari) and Chakadi (played by Prashanta Nanda), and disagreements over the family home and land after his death.Actors
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