Lalita

Lalita (1948)

ଲଳିତା

King Indradyumna completed a Temple at Puri, but cant find the living deity Nila Madhaba (Lord Jagannath). he send messengers in all directions to bring him the news about Lord Nila Madhaba. One Brahmin messenger Bidyapati comes across a Savara village in the dense forest and stays there as guest to the Savara King Biswabasu. Bidayapati gets the hearsay about Biswabasu, who, secretly keep the lord Nila Madhaba in a remote cave and worships. Bidyapati pretends to falls in love with Biswabasu's daughter Lalita and finally marry her. Lalita persuades her father to show her husband, the Lord. Biswabasu agrees and takes Bidyapati to the remote secrete cave. Bidyapati plans to take the deity to Puri, but the deity vanishes at last.

Date of release
1948-12-01
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Director
Kalicharan Pattnaik

Casting

Interesting facts

Lalita is a 1949 Indian folklore Oriya film directed by Kalyan Gupta.

Production

It was the second film in the Odia language, released thirteen years from the first, Sita Bibaha. Uma Banerjee, who plays the heroine in Lalita, is married to Makhanlal Banerjee, the hero of Sita Bibaha.

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