Maya Miriga

Maya Miriga
Maya Miriga
Directed by	Nirad N. Mohapatra
Produced by	Lotus Film International
Written by	Nirad N. Mohapatra
Starring	Kishori Devi; Sampad Mahapatra; Manaswini Mangaraj
Music by	Bhaskar Chandavarkar
Cinematography	Raj Gopal Mishra
Edited by	Bibekanand Satpathy
Distributed by	Lotus Film International
Release date	1984;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Odia

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Maya Miriga, English The Mirage) is a 1984 award-winning Odia film directed by Nirad N. Mohapatra.^[1]

Story[edit]

The story is of a family, where three generations live under a decaying roof. The widowed grandmother is the titular head, her son Raj Kishore Babu, father of four sons and a daughter, is the gentle yet disciplined headmaster on the verge of retirement. The father demands of his sons a diligent pursuit of education as the means of upward mobility. The centre of all their hopes is the brilliant second son studying in Delhi to get into the Indian Administrative Service. When he is admitted to the IAS, the family thinks all their sacrifices have been worth it.

The family receives flattering marriage proposals and the IAS probationer marries a city-bred girl above his status. Unvoiced protest comes from the eldest daughter-in-law Prabha, beast of burden and kitchen slave. Her husband is a college lecturer. Prabha wonders if the IAS officer's wife will share the chores. She is proved right when the new bahu defies tradition by opting to stay with her parents when the husband is away on training. She takes her dowry of a new fridge and furniture to her independent home, causing strong resentment in Prabha. She nudges her husband towards independence and he opts to be deputed to Cuttack. The bewildered patriarch seeks consolation in stoic acceptance of these changes, ruminating over the younger generation's break for independence on his walks with a friend who waits for his America-based son. His is not the Shakespearean tragedy of a Lear — he is too dispassionate for that. But in his very real hurt, he has the comfort of memories to fall back upon just as his two older sons have their future to look forward to. The youngest son, the rebel whose passion is cricket, not only manages to get a first class but shames the IAS brother into financing his higher studies in Delhi. It is the timid third son whose second division in the all-important exam strands him in the backwaters of mediocrity, with a sense of being a failure and conscious of his father's disappointment.^[2]

Cast[edit]

Crew[edit]

Review[edit]

The director's muted sympathy for the one who stays back gives Maya Miriga its poignant austerity. The gentleness of the unfolding and the contemplative insights offered into each individual's feelings and motives, the naturalistic mise en scene enveloped in shadowy sepia tones imbue a familiar, ordinary tale of Indian life with melancholy poetry. ^[2]

Awards & Participation[edit]

Cannes film festival (1984) -Critics Week Section ^[3]^[4]^[5]
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film festival - Best Third World Film (1984)^[6]
Regus London Film Festival (28th)^[7]
National Film Awards (1984) - Second Best Feature Film
Los Angeles Film Festival
Odisha State Film Awards (1985) -Best Director, Best Film
Locarno Film Festival/ festival di Locarno^[8]
Hawaii Film Festival - Special Jury Commendation

References[edit]

↑ Eleanor Mannikka (2011). "Maya Miriga (1985)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 http://www.screenindia.com/old/20020111/fspe.html/^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ http://www.screenindia.com/old/archive/archive_fullstory.php?content_id=9457^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1368/year/1984.html
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ http://www.geocities.ws/curlybraces/movies/hindimovies.htm
↑ BFI.org
↑ http://delcinema.it/news/2007-06/locarno_il_giorno_di_bruno_ganz.php

External links[edit]

[nyt-1] Eleanor Mannikka (2011). "Maya Miriga (1985)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2008.

[screenindia.com-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://www.screenindia.com/old/20020111/fspe.html/^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] ttp://www.screenindia.com/old/archive/archive_fullstory.php?content_id=9457^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] ttp://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1368/year/1984.html

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] ttp://www.geocities.ws/curlybraces/movies/hindimovies.htm

[7] BFI.org

[8] ttp://delcinema.it/news/2007-06/locarno_il_giorno_di_bruno_ganz.php

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