Phalguna Chaitra

We watched this Oriya movie in the Netherlands. Watching the Oriya movie after many years was a unique experience. We realized the overall quality of Oriya film has improved significantly compared to old times.

Phalguna Chiatra is a great family movie. The story unfolds very nicely and continues beautifully. The suspense just before intermission creates excitement. And in the second half, it unravels with moments of high emotions.

The music is nice, and the lyrics are meaningful and touchy.

The humor is subtle and very enjoyable.

The acting is quite good.

The movies could have been shorter.

Overall, highly recommended.

I hope this trend of good Oriya movies continues.

This movie is a breath of fresh air for Odia commercial movie fans who are craving to watch family dramas instead of countless remakes that have plagued the movie Industry for the last couple of decades.

I do not want to talk much about the plot as it has a suprise twist at interval. So let me break it down a bit objectively.

For someone who loves Hollywood movies : 5/10 For someone who loves Bollywood movies : 6/10 For someone who loves Odia movies : 7/10

The good -

Visuals: movie is nicely shot and show scenic locations across Odisha.

Music : pretty good.

Story concept : not stale and bit different than the typical Odia movies.

Acting : it's good overall, everybody has done a good job, the actor who portrays Jeje (Grandpa) stands out.

The not so good -

Story : Even though the story is not very stale, it feels a bit stretched and could have been done in 1.5 hours.

Editing : Without going into too much details, entire scenes are repeated which could have been edited a bit tightly to have more impact on viewer.

Direction : Movie feels a bit choppy and scenes change abruptly at times.

To conclude - it's a very good attempt and I hope lots of Odia commercial movie fans watch it, which could bring back the golden days when we had actors like Bijoy Mohanty with beautiful stories and heartfelt dialogues.

Bonus: If you have appetite for non-commercial/indie odia movies, highly recommend watching kalira atita, it's a good movie about climate change, and the lead actor Pitobash Tripathy has done a fantastic job.

First Movie's plus point First the storyline what you think which is regular but not exactly that is a big plus point then antique home and some beautiful places then Cinematography is just wonderful feel like u must involve with this and Music just relax and speech less then actor and actress perfect Choudhury babu then Baisali ,ananya , that doctor , brother perfect you feel really, PARTHA is one of best part of this movie he just excellent on his character and his expression fantastic in all situations... and after Pratikhya this is a good one for bright odia industry DAman is very good but different type so this one is just a family feel movie.. ok but one minuse point is first half is built up story but little extra slower just this one only but 2nd half is wonderful ending just wow.... and story is like what not like normal storyline what u thing but just fantastic please watch this one...

We watched the movie in Netherland . After many years like almost 25 years watching the odiya movie for the first time that to be in Netherland. So can't explain the excitement but Movie has all the content like music, screenplay, story which every movie lovers can expect. Characterisation is really good . The second half of the movie could have been little better instead of dragging to bring the point but message was clear. Really enjoyed the movie and grooming with music.

The suspense has created lot of excitement and dialogue Delivery was really good.

The house reminds my childhood where I born and brought up really and was an nostalgic feeling to watch the movie.

In Netherlands, enjoyed watching this odia movie with friends and family. One of the best movies. Its a family blockbuster and romantic movie. It has very intense acting and all the actors and actresses have done justice to it. Movie scenes dialogues, story presentations, songs, tuning everything was fantastic. Compared to the modern hindi movies or south indian mega budget movie, this one was just awsome. Also the areas of Nabarangpur and jeypore was picturised fantastically. The organised way of story presentation was seamless which is worth watching. Both the actresses especially the grand father role was heart touching.