Stree is a 1968 Odia film directed by "Siddhartha", which is a pseudonym for Gour Prasad Ghose, Parbati Ghose, and Ram Chandra Thakur.
Synopsis One day Anuaradha and her brother, a medical doctor, find a young man, Debabrata, unconsciousness in the tides by the sea shore and bring him home. With treatment by her brother and her care, Debabrata gets well. Anuradha and Debabrata fall in love. Her brother, Prasanna, gets them married and sees off the couple to Debarata's home. Upo arriving Anuradha discovers Debabrata is actually a widower and has a son. She feels betrayed but as a devoted loving wife overcomes the feeling and gets along with all of Debabrata's family members in the big house. Gradually she gets close to Debrabrata too and takes care of his son as her own. Debabrata's sister Bhanu can't accept Anuradha and creates misunderstanding between wife and husband. At last biased Debabrata leaves the house with his son leaving his wife Anuradha behind. But Anuradha doesn't lose hope. With her determination, sacrifice and devotion, they reunite in the end.
Cast Gour Prasad Ghose - Debabrata Parbati Ghose - Anuradha Jadunath Das Mahapatra Anima Pedini - Mother Leela Dulali - Bhanu Dinabandhu Das Shyamalendu Bhatacharjee Sujata Anand Sekhar Bose Gokulananda Parida Kunjanada Sahu Swarup Nayak
Soundtrack The music for the film is composed by Bhubanseswar Misra. Song Lyrics Singer(s)"Sanja Sakale Tuma Chhabi Khoje" Narayan Prasad Singh Nirmala Mishra"Jhumi Jhumi Aase Aakhi" Narayan Prasad Singh Sujata Mukherjee, Akshaya Mohanty"Mo Aakhira Kete Katha Mo Manara Nirabata" Sarada Naik Sandhya Mukherjee,"Tuma Bina Ei Raati Bhala Lagen" Narayan Prasad SinghNirmala Mishra, Pranab Patnaik"Tume Jyadi Saathi Mora Nia Mote Bhulai"Narayan Prasad Singh Nirmala Mishra"Kali Juga Krushna Muhin Tu Mo Heroine"Swaroop Naik Akshaya Mohanty"Biti Jae Re" "Ganga Je Deshe"
Trivia The film's director, music composer and heroine have pseudonym names. Role Pseudonym Real nameDirector Siddharth (Ram Chandra Thakur, Gour Prasad Ghose & Parbati Ghose)Music composer Srikumar Bhubneswar MisraActress Chandana Parbati Ghose
Box office The film was made on a budget of INR 1,87,000.00. The film was declared as a box office hit.
Awards National Film Awards 1968 President's silver medal for Best Odia film.
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