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ignorance and poverty into a cycle of exploitation which continues to push them towards a dehumanized existence. Yet they have the audacity to dream of a more fulfilling further. Their latent instinct for survival will not be crushed under the soul-destroying drudgery of their lives. Haria's little son dreams of the wide roads and coloured lights of the city. Phoola desires a home of her own with the man she loves. Bhamar knows he must come back to till his own land. Generations of submission t the obsolete feudal laws of the land has still not managed to annihilate the human spirit. Bhamar and Haria will not give up their struggle. Within their own confined worlds, they will continue t battle against the forces that daily attempt to snatch away their last possession, their human dignity. But one day the many individuals worlds will unite. The silent storm will break. its resonance will sweep away the dusts of a decaying system and make place for a new generation whose dreams will be their reality.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1984Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1984.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102636/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1984Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1984.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ignorance and poverty into a cycle of exploitation which continues to push them towards a dehumanized existence. Yet they have the audacity to dream of a more fulfilling further. Their latent instinct for survival will not be crushed under the soul-destroying drudgery of their lives. Haria's little son dreams of the wide roads and coloured lights of the city. Phoola desires a home of her own with the man she loves. Bhamar knows he must come back to till his own land. Generations of submission t the obsolete feudal laws of the land has still not managed to annihilate the human spirit. Bhamar and Haria will not give up their struggle. Within their own confined worlds, they will continue t battle against the forces that daily attempt to snatch away their last possession, their human dignity. But one day the many individuals worlds will unite. The silent storm will break. its resonance will sweep away the dusts of a decaying system and make place for a new generation whose dreams will be their reality.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1984Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1984.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102636/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1984Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1984.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
Manmohan Mahapatra's "Neeraba Jhada" ("The Silent Storm"), a beautiful, grueling film about a peasant's brave stand against a greedy landlord's determination to grab the peasant's holdings, the last bit of property in the region not in his possession. This is as uncompromising a film imaginable about a people mired in virtual slavery, upheld by ignorance, superstition and tradition, yet it also is a tribute to humanity's strength to endure and even to hope.<ref>https://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-12/entertainment/ca-16276_1_indian-film</ref> | Manmohan Mahapatra's "Neeraba Jhada" ("The Silent Storm"), a beautiful, grueling film about a peasant's brave stand against a greedy landlord's determination to grab the peasant's holdings, the last bit of property in the region not in his possession. This is as uncompromising a film imaginable about a people mired in virtual slavery, upheld by ignorance, superstition and tradition, yet it also is a tribute to humanity's strength to endure and even to hope.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-12/entertainment/ca-16276_1_indian-film|title = Archives|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> | ||
== Awards & Participation == | == Awards & Participation == | ||
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya]](1984) - Silver Lotus for best [[Odia language|Odia]] film | *[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya]](1984) - Silver Lotus for best [[Odia language|Odia]] film | ||
*[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography]] (1984) (black & white category) <ref>http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=9NFA.pdf</ref> | *[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography]] (1984) (black & white category) <ref>http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=9NFA.pdf {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||