Bhubaneswar: The much-anticipated film ‘Shree Jagannathanka Nabakalebara’ has been released in nearly 100 theatres across India on Friday, with Prakash Films handling the film’s distribution.
Presented by Sai Shraddha Tele Productions, ‘Shree Jagannathanka Nabakalebara’ is based on a popular play by Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award-winning playwright Shankar Tripathy, highlighting the glory of Lord Jagannath.
While the film is Bini Samal’s directorial debut, it took three years of tireless efforts of the artistes and technicians to complete.
The cast includes Siddhanta, Suryamayee, Jyoti, Shibani, Sritam, Anshuman, Pinky Pradhan, Kuna Tripathy, Ashrumochan Mohanty, Pratibha Panda, Ravi Mishra, Kedar Mishra, Ratan Meher, Saheb Singh, Shankar, Priyanka Sahu, Rushi Pattnaik, Shambhunath Khuntia, among others.
Ahead of the film’s release, its music was launched at an open-air event at Medical Square in Puri on Thursday and the event witnessed the presence of the film’s artists, technicians, and thousands of devotees and audience members who gathered to extend their support.
Earlier in the day, Before the launch, the entire team, including producer-director Saubhagyalaxmi Jena (Bini), co-producer Dilip Kumar Jena, and the cast, arrived in Puri, took a holy dip in the sea, and sought the blessings of Lord Jagannath, praying for forgiveness for any unintentional inaccuracies during the film’s making.
Actor Anshuman, who plays Kalapahad in the film, also sought forgiveness from the Lord and devotees for the atrocities committed by his character.
The music was officially launched by Guruji Chandrabhanu Satapathy, who has also contributed lyrics and composed two songs for the film.While Malay Mishra has scored the music and Ira Mohanty, Satyajit Pradhan, Antara Chakraborty, and Satyabrata Sahu have lent their voices.
There are a total of seven songs, all of which are melodious and appealing. The song ‘Jagatare Paibuni Emiti Thakur’ written by Dr. Nirmal Nayak has already gone viral.
The music release event was attended by the film’s producer and director, Saubhagyalaxmi Jena (Bini), co-producer Dilip Kumar Jena, executive producer Pranaya Jethi, and actors such as Siddhanta Mahapatra, Sritam Das, Jyotiranjan Nayak, Suryamayee Mahapatra, Shibani Sangeeta, Pinky Pradhan, Anshuman, Kuna Tripathy, Pratibha Panda, Rushi Pattnaik, Shambhunath Khuntia, music director Malay Mishra, lyricist Dr. Nirmal Nayak, singers Ira Mohanty, Satyajit Pradhan, Antara Chakraborty, choreographers Bobby Islam and Jeetu Raut, and many others. Thousands of devotees and audience members gathered to cheer and support the cast and crew.
The film’s choreography is by Bobby Islam and Jeetu Raut, cinematography is by Dhruvananda Panda and the visuals edited by Sukumar Mani.
The film’s publicity head is Haraprasad Mahapatra.
