Jai Jagannatha
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Jai Jagannatha ,, , ,, ,, , is a 2007 first India
n Multilingual Mythological film
directed by Sabyasachi Mohapatra
, released in 15 languages. Besides Oriya
& Hindi
, the film is also released in English
, Bengali
, Assamese
, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani
, Punjabi
, Gujarati
, Marathi
, Telugu
, Tamil
, Malayalam
& Nepali
languages.
is separated by Lord Jagannath
at the behest of his brother Balram (Balabhadra) because she ends discrimination on earth by encouraging even untouchables to conduct rituals and worship
.
As Lakshmi
moves out of Jagannath
’s household both Jagannath
and Balram undergo immense suffering so much so that they have to starve without water and food. The curse of Lakshmi had a severe impact on both the brothers that for 12 years they had a tough time. Soon they realised the importance of Lakshmi
and were keen to bring her back to their abode.
Lakshmi
returned to Jagannath
’s abode on one condition that there will be no discrimination of caste and creed on earth. This unique story highlighted that for God
everyone was equal besides it reflected the reforms and progressive stance of God
s from the ancient times. Only in the end through Narad
it is revealed that Jagannath
to end casteism and discrimination had himself “set up” these series of events which highlighted the social message besides the strength of true spirituality.
director Sabyasachi Mohapatra
is being released with a record number of 13 languages apart from Hindi
and Oriya
. Jai Jagannatha is a multilingual socio-mythological feature film. State of the art graphics, rich production values and divine music are the highpoints of Jai Jagannatha. This socio-mythological film has six songs in all.
India
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n Multilingual Mythological film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Sabyasachi Mohapatra is an Oriya film director and producer. He was born at Lehedi, Subarnapur, Orissa, India.-References:...
, released in 15 languages. Besides 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...
& Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, the film is also released in English
English language
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, Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
, Assamese
Assamese language
Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language. It is used mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in...
, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani
Rajasthani language
Rajasthani Rajasthani Rajasthani (Devanagari: , Perso-Arabic: is a language of the Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by 50 million people in Rajasthan and other states of India and in some areas of Pakistan. The number of speakers may be up to 80 million worldwide...
, Punjabi
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
, Gujarati
Gujarati language
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...
, Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
, Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
, Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
, Malayalam
Malayalam language
Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...
& Nepali
Nepali language
Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...
languages.
Synopsis
The story of Jai Jagannatha is based on the ancient scripture Lakshmi Puran. The untouchables were not allowed to pray, worship and do rituals to God in the ancient ages. Sriya - one of the important characters in this story dares to pray and worship and wins over the support of Goddess Lakshmi. The real drama begins when LakshmiLakshmi
Lakshmi or Lakumi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity , light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Representations of Lakshmi are also found in Jain monuments...
is separated by Lord Jagannath
Jagannath
Jagannath is a transcendental non-anthropotheistic Hindu god worshiped primarily by the people of Indian state of Orissa, and, to a great extent, West Bengal...
at the behest of his brother Balram (Balabhadra) because she ends discrimination on earth by encouraging even untouchables to conduct rituals and worship
Worship
Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. The word is derived from the Old English worthscipe, meaning worthiness or worth-ship — to give, at its simplest, worth to something, for example, Christian worship.Evelyn Underhill defines worship thus: "The absolute...
.
As Lakshmi
Lakshmi
Lakshmi or Lakumi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity , light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Representations of Lakshmi are also found in Jain monuments...
moves out of Jagannath
Jagannath
Jagannath is a transcendental non-anthropotheistic Hindu god worshiped primarily by the people of Indian state of Orissa, and, to a great extent, West Bengal...
’s household both Jagannath
Jagannath
Jagannath is a transcendental non-anthropotheistic Hindu god worshiped primarily by the people of Indian state of Orissa, and, to a great extent, West Bengal...
and Balram undergo immense suffering so much so that they have to starve without water and food. The curse of Lakshmi had a severe impact on both the brothers that for 12 years they had a tough time. Soon they realised the importance of Lakshmi
Lakshmi
Lakshmi or Lakumi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity , light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Representations of Lakshmi are also found in Jain monuments...
and were keen to bring her back to their abode.
Lakshmi
Lakshmi
Lakshmi or Lakumi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity , light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Representations of Lakshmi are also found in Jain monuments...
returned to Jagannath
Jagannath
Jagannath is a transcendental non-anthropotheistic Hindu god worshiped primarily by the people of Indian state of Orissa, and, to a great extent, West Bengal...
’s abode on one condition that there will be no discrimination of caste and creed on earth. This unique story highlighted that for God
God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
everyone was equal besides it reflected the reforms and progressive stance of God
God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
s from the ancient times. Only in the end through Narad
Nárad
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it is revealed that Jagannath
Jagannath
Jagannath is a transcendental non-anthropotheistic Hindu god worshiped primarily by the people of Indian state of Orissa, and, to a great extent, West Bengal...
to end casteism and discrimination had himself “set up” these series of events which highlighted the social message besides the strength of true spirituality.
Cast
- Sritam Das as God JagannathJagannathJagannath is a transcendental non-anthropotheistic Hindu god worshiped primarily by the people of Indian state of Orissa, and, to a great extent, West Bengal...
- Jyoti Misra as Goddess Laxmi
- Pintu Nanda as God Balabhadra
- Mohini Shilalip as Sriya Chandali
- Sadhu MeherSadhu MeherSadhu Meher is an Indian actor, director, and producer .He contribute for both oriya and Hindi films.He is one of the founders of parallel cinema in mid 80s.He won a National Film Award for Best Actor for Ankur .-Filmography:...
as Sriya's father-in-law - Sarat PujariSarat PujariSarat Pujari is one of the noted actors of Oriya film industry. He pioneered the Oriya cinema in the early sixties.He born on 8.8.1934 at Nayagarh.His early education completed in many schools all over Orissa .After that he has completed his post graduation in Economics and Diploma in Paintings in...
- Sehenawaj Khan
Crew
- Director : Sabyasachi MohapatraSabyasachi MohapatraSabyasachi Mohapatra is an Oriya film director and producer. He was born at Lehedi, Subarnapur, Orissa, India.-References:...
- Presenter : Bharat ShahBharat ShahBharat Shah is a diamond merchant and notable Hindi film financer. He is most noted for producing the superhit film Devdas starring Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai. In 2001, he was convicted for his links with mafia don Chhota Shakeel and was sentenced to one year in prison but was...
- Producer : B.Chintu Mohapatra
- Writer : Sabyasachi MohapatraSabyasachi MohapatraSabyasachi Mohapatra is an Oriya film director and producer. He was born at Lehedi, Subarnapur, Orissa, India.-References:...
- Editor : Rajendra Mohapatra
- Music : Late Akshaya MohantyAkshaya MohantyAkshaya Kumar Mohanty was a multi-faceted music personality from Orissa, India. Though most popular as a singer-composer, he was also a lyricist...
- Background Score : Amar Haldipur
- Cinematography :Aum Prakash Mohapatra
- Sound :P. K. Misra
- Publicity : Rahul Nanda & Himanshu Nanda
- Banner : Mahapatra Movie Magic Pvt. ltd.
- Distributor : Adlabs
- Filming Location : PuriPuriPuri is district headquarter, a city situated about south of state capital Bhubaneswar, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian state of Orissa. It is also known as Jagannath Puri after the Jagannath Temple . It is a holy city of the Hindus as a part of the Char Dham pilgrimages...
, Orissa & Umargaon
Review
Jai Jagannatha, a movie directed by the highly talented OriyaOriya people
The Oriya, known classically by various names , are an ethnic group of eastern India and of eastern Indo-Aryan stock...
director Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Sabyasachi Mohapatra is an Oriya film director and producer. He was born at Lehedi, Subarnapur, Orissa, India.-References:...
is being released with a record number of 13 languages apart from Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
and 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...
. Jai Jagannatha is a multilingual socio-mythological feature film. State of the art graphics, rich production values and divine music are the highpoints of Jai Jagannatha. This socio-mythological film has six songs in all.