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Odisha State Film Awards
The Odisha State Film Awards have been conferred by the Department of Culture of the Government of Odisha, India. The awards were initiated in 1968. The awards are decided by independent juries formed by the Department of Culture. The jury usually consists of eminent personalities from the film fraternity, academic, journalist and public servants. Lists of awardees Mohan Sunder Dev Goswami Award Source: 'The Mohan Sunder Dev Goswami Award (earlier known as Jayadev Award)' is a special award given to a film personality for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Odia cinema. Odisha State Film Award for Best Film Odisha State Film Award for Best Documentary Odisha State Film Award for Best Director Odisha State Film Award for Best Actor Odisha State Film Award for Best Actress Odisha State Film Award for Best supporting Actor Odisha State Film Award for Best supporting Actress Odisha State Film Award for Best Comedian Odisha State Film Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujata Anand
Sujata or Sujatha may refer to: People *Sujata (name), a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian feminine given name ''includes list of name-holders'' Persons known by the single name *Sujatha (actress) (1952-2011), Indian actress *Sujata (actress) ( 1963–1980), Bangladeshi film actress * Sujata of Sujata and seven types of wives, in the Buddha's teaching * Sujata (milkmaid), who is said to have fed milk and rice to Gautama Buddha * Sujata, a name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi * Sujā, or Sujātā, is queen of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three in Theravada Buddhism Persons with the given name * Sujata (dancer), Indian dancer of the Sujata and Asoka duo * Sujatha (writer) (1935–2008), Indian author * Sujatha Singh (born 1954), Indian civil servant * Sujatha Mohan (born 1963), Indian playback singer, known professionally as Sujatha * Alisha Chinai (born Sujatha Chinai; 1965), Indian singer Persons with the surname * C. S. Sujatha (born 1965), Indian politician Films and television * ''Sujat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rama Chandra Pratihari
Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Ramanandi Sampradaya, Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda'' ''puruṣottama''), Rama is the male protagonist of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. His birth is celebrated every year on Rama Navami, which falls on the ninth day of the bright half (Paksha, Shukla Paksha) of the lunar cycle of Chaitra (March–April), the first month in the Hindu calendar. According to the ''Ramayana'', Rama was born to Dasharatha, Dasaratha and his first wife Kausalya in Ayodhya (Ramayana), Ayodhya, the capital of the Kingdom of Kosala. His siblings included Lakshmana, Bharata (Ramayana), Bharata, and Shatrughna. He married Sita. Born in a royal family, Rama's life is described in the Hindu texts as one challenged by unexpected changes, such as an exile into impoverished and difficult circumstances, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surendra Sahu
Surendra is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: * Surendra (actor), Indian singer and actor * Surendra Bhave * Surendra Chaturvedi * Surendra Dubey * Surendra Gambhir * Surendra Hiranandani * Surendra Jain * Surendra Jha 'Suman' * Surendra Kumar Datta * Surendra Kumar Sinha * Surendra Lal * Surendra Lath * Surendra Mishra * Surendra Mohanty * Surendra Motilal Patel * Surendra Nath Mitra * Surendra Nath * Surendra of Nepal * Surendra Pal * Surendra Pandey * Surendra Poonia * Surendra Prakash Goyal * Surendra Ramachandran * Surendra Sai * Surendra Seeraj * Surendra Sheodas Barlingay * Surendra Singh (other), several people * Surendra Verma (science writer) * Surendra Verma See also * Surendra Institute of Engineering & Management Surendra Institute of Engineering & Management is a Graduate Engineering and Management College established in the year 2009 in Siliguri, West Bengal, India, under the aegis of a charitable society Bidya Bha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisir Misra
Sisir Mishra is an Indian film director and screenwriter best known for directing Hindi and Odia language films including ''Bheegi Palkein'', ''Samay Ki Dhara'', ''Billoo Baadshaah'', ''TADA'' and ''Aseema''. In 2018 he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award. Biography He was born in Bomkei, near Digapahandi in the Ganjam district of Odisha. His father Purushottam Mishra, was an engineer who worked for the British Raj. Mishra completed his B.Sc degree from Khallikote College, Brahmapur and an M.Sc in Physics from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. In 1965, Mishra left his academic career as a physics lecturer, moved to Mumbai and started his film career as an Assistant Director under Mehboob Khan (director of ''Mother India'') and Jyoti Swaroop (director of ''Padosan''). Mishra went on to direct many box office hit films in the Odia language such as '' Sindura Bindu'', '' Suna Sansaara'', '' Subarna Seeta'', ''Samaya Bada Balawaan'', '' Ei Ama Sansaara' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prafulla Kar
Prafulla Kar (16 February 1939 – 17 April 2022) was an Odia musician, singer, lyricist, writer and columnist. He was also famous for his Odissi Music recital. He received Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India in 2015 for his contribution in the field of arts. Early life and career Born in 1939 into musician family in Puri, Orissa Province. His father is Baidyanath Kar and mother is Susila Kar. His uncle Khetra Mohan Kar was a tabla player. He was raised and brought up by his grandfather Bhagaban Misra and grandmother Apanna Devi because he lost his father at an early age. when student he was a part of AISF The All India Students' Federation (AISF) is the oldest student organisation in India, founded in 1936. Pre-independence AISF was founded on 12 August 1936, with guidance and cooperation from the Indian independence movement. The foundation ... ( students wing of CPI) and as an artist he was an eminent part of IPTA, the cultural w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by P. Varadarajulu Naidu. It is headquartered in Noida, owned by the ''Indian Express Group''. It was later taken over by Ramnath Goenka. In 1999, eight years after Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name '' The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''The'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his Tamil Nadu press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of '' The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhanumati Devi
Bhanumati Devi (15 May 1934 – 4 January 2013) was an Indian film and theater actress who worked in the Cinema of Odisha, Odia film industry. Early life Devi was born in British rule in Burma, British Burma on 15 May 1934. She moved to Puri, Odisha, India, with her Indian family following World War II. Career Devi began acting in the theater in 1942 when she was just seven years old. Some of her best reviewed stage roles were in ''Lakhye Hira'' and ''Napahu Rati Namaru Pati’''. Devi appeared at the Annapurna Theatre in Cuttack for more than forty years. She made her film debut in 1954 in ''Amari Gann Jhia'' when she was nineteen years old. She was especially active in the Cinema of Odisha during the 1950s and 1960s. Devi's was cast in a lead role in more than a dozen Indian films. Some of her most prominent roles include her character, Harabou, in the 1966 Odia film, ''Matira Manisha'', for which she won a National Film Award (India), National Film Award. Her last film was ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basant Nayak , a springtime Hindu festival
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Basant or Vasant may refer to: * Basant (festival), a historic spring festival in the Punjab * Basant (raga), an Indian classical raga * ''Basant'' (film), a 1942 Indian film * ''Vasant'' (magazine), Indian Gujarati-language magazine * Vasanta (season), the spring season See also *Vasanta (other) *Basanta (other) *Vasant Panchami Vasant Panchami , also rendered Vasanta Panchami and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmohan Mahapatra
Manmohan Mahapatra (10 November 1951 – 13 January 2020) was an Odia language, Odia filmmaker, director, producer, and writer. He won eight consecutive national film awards for his films ''Nishita Swapna'', ''Majhi Pahacha'', ''Klanta Aparanha'', ''Neeraba Jhada'', ''Seeta Raati'', and ''Bhinna Samaya'', among others. His first film ''Seeta Raati'' made in 1976 was the first Odia film to be screened at international film festival in 1982. On 13 January 2020, Mahapatra died in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar at age 68 after battling prolonged kidney and heart ailments . Manmohan Mahapatra is the recipient of India's highly prestigious award Padma Shri 2020 for his work in the field of art. Filmography Mahapatra studied film making at the FTII, Pune, and made a first short film ''Anti-Memoirs'' (Anti-Memories) in 1975. He made his first full-fledged Odia film ''Seeta Raati'' as a director in 1976. It won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia and was screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manimala Devi
Manimala Devi (19 June 1931 – 16 June 2016) was an Indian Odia film actress. Devi was born in the Bilibasi village of Cuttack, and stepped into the film world at the age of nine. She never went to school. In 1945 she started to act in the Annapurna theatre of Cuttack. The films in which Devi acted, including her first film, ''Shri Lokanath'', received national awards. Audiences especially enjoyed the performances she shared with Samuel Sahoo. Dramas * Chandaluni * Janaki * Chasha Jhia * Kala Pahada * Mukti Konark * Shree Jayadev Films * Andha Diganta, 1990 * Kichi Smruti Kichi Anubhuti, 1989 * Nishiddha Swapna, 1988 * Klanta Aparanha, 1985 * Maya Miriga, 1984 * Niraba Jhada, 1984 * Kie Kahara, 1967 * Bhai Bhauja, 1967 * Kaa, 1966 * Malajanha, 1965 * Abhinetri, 1965 * Jeevansathi, 1963 * ''Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, , ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of wealth, fortune, prosperit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uttam Mohanty
Uttam Mohanty (23 December 1958 – 27 February 2025) was an Indian film and television actor who had to his credit more than 135 Odia films and acted in 30 Bengali films and in a Hindi film '' Naya Zaher''. Early life Mohanty was born and brought up in Baripada in a Karan family. His grandfather settled in Baripada 150 years ago. He completed his early education from M.K.C. High School. As a child he was very naughty which brought fresh complaints from outside. After matriculation he joined Maharaja Purnachandra College, Baripada for his intermediate and bachelor's in science. During his college days he was inclined more towards acting. He always tried to play the lead part in dramas. He was equally passionate to sports like badminton and table tennis. After completing graduation, he went to Ludhiana for chartered accountancy. Thereafter he stayed with his elder brother, the late Arun Ku. Mohanty, in Kolkata for some time, enrolled in a chartered accountancy course there. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
