Rakta Golapa is an Odia romantic tragedy released on 9 November 1977, starring Suresh Misra, Banaja Mohanty, Sriram Panda, Radha Panda and Ramesh Panigrahi.

[1][2][3][4][5] Sharat and Mira meet at college and fall deeply in love.

Sharat can't bear the thought of Mira's fate and goes mad.

[7][8][9][10] Despite renowned actors, a good story and melodic music, the film was a box office flop.

The reason being that the film was released in smaller towns and not in major cinemas.