Jai Jagannatha

Jai Jagannatha
Jai Jagannatha
	Movie poster for Jai Jagannatha
Directed by	Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Written by	Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Produced by	B.Chintu Mohapatra
Starring	Sarat Pujari; Sadhu Meher; Sritam Das; Jyoti Mishra; Pintu Nanda; Mohini Shilalipi
Cinematography	Aum Prakash Mohapatra
Edited by	Rajendra K. Mohapatra
Music by	Late Akshaya Mohanty
Distributed by	Adlabs
Release date	13 July 2007
Running time	127 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Odia(Original); Hindi(Original); English; Bengali; Assamese, Chhattisgarhi; Bhojpuri; Rajasthani; Punjabi; Gujarati; Marathi; Telugu; Tamil; Malayalam; Nepali
Budget	$ 1,400,000

Jai Jagannatha is a 2007 Indian multilingual mythological film directed by Sabyasachi Mohapatra, released in 15 languages. Besides Odia and Hindi, it's dubbed versions were released in English, Bengali, Assamese, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Nepali languages.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

The story of Jai Jagannatha is based on the ancient scripture Laxmi 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 Lakshmi 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, Jagannath and Balram undergo immense suffering — so much so that they have to starve without water and food. The curse of Lakshmi had such a severe impact on 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: 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 Gods from the ancient times. Only in the end through Narad it is revealed that Jagannath to end casteism and discrimination had "set up" these series of events which highlighted the social message besides the strength of true spirituality.^[3]

Cast

Sritam Das as God Jagannath
Jyoti Mishra as Goddess Laxmi
Pintu Nanda as God Balabhadra
Mohini Shilalip as Sriya Chandali
Sadhu Meher as Sriya's father-in-law
Sarat Pujari as Gajapati King
Sehenawaj Khan as Royal Priest
Birendra N. Gochhikar
Mantu Mohapatra
Devashish
Ratan Meher
Monalisa
Guna Mohapatra
Hara Pattanaik
Pradyumna Lenka
Ramachandra Pratihari

Crew

Director: Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Presenter: Bharat Shah
Producer: B.Chintu Mohapatra
Writer: Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Editor: Rajendra K. Mohapatra
Music: Late Akshaya Mohanty
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: Puri, Odisha & Umargaon

Awards

Odisha State Film Award: Best jury award & best editor award.^[4]

Reception

Jai Jagannatha, a movie directed by the director Sabyasachi Mohapatra is being released with a record number of 13 languages apart from originals in Odia and Hindi. 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.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Entertainment, all in the Lord's name". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ "Oriya film 'Jai Jagannath' creates history - Bollywood News". Bharatwaves.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ ""Jai Jagannath" is a Trendsetter". Orissa Cinema. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ "Sisir Mishra and Surendra Sahoo are recipients of Jayadev Puraskar "Jai Jagannath" gets the special jury award". Hinduonnet.com. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
^ "Archived". 13 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
^ "Film " Jai Jagannath " Based on Lakshmi Puran in 15 Language- Directed by Sabyasachi Mahapatra". eOdisha.org - latest Odisha News - Business - Culture -Art - Travel. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

External links

Film preview of Jai Jagannatha in www.bollywoodhungama.com
Preview of Jai Jagannatha in www.glamsham.com
Preview of Jai Jagannatha in in.movies.yahoo.com^{[dead link]}
"Official movie website". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
"Jai Jagannatha " at IMDb

[1] "Entertainment, all in the Lord's name". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

[2] "Oriya film 'Jai Jagannath' creates history - Bollywood News". Bharatwaves.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[3] ""Jai Jagannath" is a Trendsetter". Orissa Cinema. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[4] "Sisir Mishra and Surendra Sahoo are recipients of Jayadev Puraskar "Jai Jagannath" gets the special jury award". Hinduonnet.com. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

[5] "Archived". 13 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

[6] "Film " Jai Jagannath " Based on Lakshmi Puran in 15 Language- Directed by Sabyasachi Mahapatra". eOdisha.org - latest Odisha News - Business - Culture -Art - Travel. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

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