Chilika Teerey is a 1977 India

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n Oriya film directed by Biplab Roy Choudhury, story of an oppressed, illiterate fisher-folk, being swindled and kept in check by the business sharks and how they revolt back.

Synopsis

Nearby Chilika lake, there are cluster of villages inhabited by fisher-folk. They are exploited by the large fishing companies. Raghu a revolutionary village youth leads the village to confront against the fishing company. One fishing company manager Sricharan tries to demoralize & divide the unity of fisher-folk. But the revolution starts with pace. While Sricharan tries to escape from the scene, the villagers thrown him up in the Chilika lake. Raghu, has a love interest with a village girl Padma, but he is not allowed to marry her as she belongs to other caste. At last dejected Raghu hands over the revolution torch to Jadu and leaves with Padma rowing throgh the lake Chilika in search of new world.

Cast

• Bijay Mohanty
  Bijay Mohanty
  Bijay Mohanty is regarded as the most versatile actor of Oriya Cinema for more than 33 years. He is a National award winning actor and has played diverse roles in more than 180 films and has acted in Oriya, Bengali, Hindi and Telegu films. Three of his films have bagged the prestigious National...
  
    as Raghu
• Tandra Roy  as Padma
• Netrananda Misra as Sricharan
• Hemanta Das as Jadu
• Sujata Anand
• Ashok
• Runu Bose
• Akshaya Mohanty Kashyap
• Preeti Patnaik
• Manju Pradhan
• Radharani

Awards & Participation

• National Film Awards
  National Film Awards
  The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...
  
  (1978) -Certificate of merit for best Oriya
  Oriya language
  Oriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...
  
   film Oriya
  Oriya language
  Oriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...