Bhai Bhai

Bhai Bhai
Directed by	Nitai Palit
Produced by	Gaura Ghose
Written by	Manoj Das
Starring	Gaura Ghose ; Parbati Ghose; Samuel Sahu ; Gopal Banerjee; Hemant Das
Music by	Balakrishna Das ; Bhubaneswar Misra
Cinematography	Denen Gupta
Edited by	Biswanath Nayak
Production; company	Dalit Jatisangha Chitram
Release date	21 June 1956; ; ; ; ;
Running time	151 min
Country	India
Language	Odia

Bhai Bhai (Odia: ??? ???) is a 1956 Ollywood / Oriya film directed by Nitai Palit. The film was produced under the banner of Dalit Jatisangha Chitram, and received financial assistance from the Government of Orissa, India.^[7] It portrays the problems of untouchability and caste system prevailing at that time in rural India.^[8]

The film starred Parbati Ghose, the first female filmmaker from Odisha^[1]

Synopsis

In a village there are two sections of people leaving nearby. The upper cast people belongs to Pradhan's and the lower caste belongs to Bauri's. Pradhan community are influential and landlords. The Bauri community are cultivation labourers, they work in the lands of Pradhan's. Bauris are treated as untouchable. Suduria is head of the village and is of upper cast. He is board minded and do not believe in untouchability. He has a soft corner for one Nidhi, who belongs to Bauri caste. Nidhi calls Suduria affectionately as brother. Bana, who is from Pradhan community does not accept the daring of lower community to maintain relationship with the upper caste. He calls a meeting in the village asks for punishment to Nidhi for maintaining relationship with upper caste. The village people decides to punish Nidhi for his crime and bars him from working in the land and taking water from pond. Though Suduria is against the decision, but remain silent against the voice of Pradhan community. The lower caste Bauri community feel harassed against the decision and decide not to work in the field of Pradhan community. Without labourers the cultivation work has get stopped and the land become barren. At last Pradhan community realize their fault and accept the relationship of Suduria and Nidhi.