Mouna Poratam

1989 Indian film

1989 (1989) (India)

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Mouna Poratam (The Silent War or The Silent Struggle) is a 1989 Indian drama film directed by Mohan Gandhi,^[1] starring debutants Yamuna and Vinod Kumar, with music composed by S. Janaki.^[2] The movie is based on the real-life story of Sabita Badhei, which gained massive media coverage. It tells the story of a tribal girl, Durga (portrayed by Yamuna), who is betrayed by a government officer and fights for her conjugal rights, seeking marital recognition to give proper identity to her illegitimate child.^[2] The government intervenes to appoint a Lok Adalat to give speedy justice in this case.^[3] Produced by Ushakiran Movies,^[2] the film won two Nandi Awards. A sequel for the film, in the form of TV serial, began airing from 4 April 2022 on ETV under the same title.

Cast

Yamuna as Durga
Vinod Kumar Alva as Rajasekharam
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Mallikarjuna Rao
Rallapalli
Narra Venkateswara Rao
Prasad Babu

Soundtrack

Mouna Poratam
Soundtrack album by S. Janaki
Released	1989 (1989)
Recorded	1988–1989
Label	AVM Audio

All music is composed by S. Janaki

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Vocals
1.	"Lolilita Lolilita"	Veturi Sundararamamurthy	S. Janaki & S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2.	"Dora Rakakosam"	Veturi Sundararamamurthy	S. Janaki
3.	"Jumbare Jumbare"	Jalaadi	S. Janaki & S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Vocals
1.	"Yala Yalaga"	Veturi Sundararamamurthy	S. Janaki
2.	"Ye Bapu Neerpinidi"	Veturi Sundararamamurthy	S. Janaki
3.	"Lolilita Lolilita"	Veturi Sundararamamurthy	S. Janaki & S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Awards

Nandi Awards^[4]

Second Best Feature Film - Silver - Ramoji Rao (1989)
Best Costume Designer - Kondaiyya

References

^ Y. Sunita Chowdhary (19 January 2013). "Driven by social issues". The Hindu.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mouna Poratam Music by S Janaki". sjanaki.net.
^ Banerjee, Ruben (15 April 1990). "Sabita Badhei: Poignant script". India Today.
^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)