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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mana Akasha<br />
| image = manaakasha.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical poster<br />
| director = [[Nitai Palit]]<br />
| producer = [[Ras Bihari Misra]]<br />
| writer = [[Basant Mahapatra]]<br />
| screenplay = Nitai Palit<br />
| starring = [[Shanti Swaroop Misra]]<br>[[Prashant Nanda]]<br>Chandana<br>[[Bhanumati Debi]]<br>[[Dhira Biswal]]<br>[[Gobind Tej]]<br>[[Nityananda Misra]] <br />
| music = [[Upendra Kumar]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Krishna Chakraborty]]<br />
| editing = [[Ramesh Joshi]]<br />
| distributor = Ideal Distributor<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1974|12|08}}<br />
| runtime = 167 min<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Odia<br />
| budget =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Mana Akasha''''' is a 1974 [[Oriya film]] directed by [[Nitai Palit]] based on Basant Mahapatra's Novel '''''Jhara Baula'''''.<ref>K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake :''Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas'': Publisher, Routledge, United Kingdom</ref> The film portrays [[socio-economic]] conflicts in rural Odisha.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Sashank Patnaik and Rudra Choudhury are close friends. Rudra's son Bhanu develops love relationship with Sashank's daughter Mala. After demise of Rudra, Sashank tries to acquire the properties of Rudra. In spite of knowing Mala is pregnant and Bhanu is her lover, Sasank tries to kill Bhanu by giving poison to be the owner of the whole property. But later on Sashank realizes his mistake helps unite Bhanu and Mala.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Shanti Swaoop Misra]]... Bhanu Pratap <br />
*[[Prashant Nanda]]... Srikant <br />
*[[Dhira Biswal]]... Sashank Patnaik <br />
*[[Gobind Tej]]... Rudra Choudhury <br />
*Chandana... Mala <br />
*[[Bhanumati Debi]]... Mala's mother <br />
*[[Narendra Behera]] <br />
*[[Shyamalendu Bhatacharjee]] <br />
*Bhim Singh<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Composer !! lyric<br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| "Mora Kania Suna Pania"<br />
| [[Chitta Ranjan Jena]] & [[S. Janaki]]<br />
| [[Upendra Kumar]]<br />
| [[Shibabrata Das]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Bahuchhe Hure Huria Dhuka Phutichhe Phula"<br />
| [[Sikandar Alam]] & [[Purnaprabha Bahidar]] <br />
| [[Upendra Kumar]]<br />
| [[Ras Bihari Misra]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "E Bana Jharana Nachi Nachi Jaa Na"<br />
| [[Chitta Ranjan Jena]], [[Sikandar Alam]] & [[Purnaprabha Bahidar]] <br />
| [[Upendra Kumar]]<br />
| [[Shibabrata Das]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Mora Phula Bali"<br />
| [[Mohini Mohan Rath]] & [[Purnaprabha Bahidar]] <br />
| [[Upendra Kumar]]<br />
| [[Shibabrata Das]]<br />
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|}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://petlinks.blogspot.in/2011/12/bahuchhe-hure-huria-dhuka-futichhe-ful.html |title=Goldmine|accessdate=11 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0249781|Mana Akasha}}<br />
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[[Category:1974 films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Odia-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:1974 Indian films]]</div>
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