Niraba Jhada

In a remote village in Odisha poverty and illiteracy have fostered dependence on superstition The villagers have mortgaged their land to the landlord Janrdhan who forces many of them to become contract laborers and leave the village to earn a livelihood The story revolves around two villagers Haria and Bhamar and Bhamars daughter Phoola who become entangled in Janrdhans greed and oppression