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Mahasweta
Mahasweta Ray is an Indian actress and television personality who is known for her work in Odia films and soap operas. Her numerous accolades include record 8 Odisha State Film Awards. Biography Ray was born in an academic family (Rajkishore Ray was a writer and academic) and had had limited exposure to cinema before she started a career in film. She worked on a majority of the films by Sisir Mishra, including many box office successes. She married Sirish Routray, with whom she has a son, Rishi. Bengali films she worked on include ''Aranyer Adhikar'' (1998), ''Katha Chhilo'' (1994), ''Sajani Go Sajani'' (1991), ''Sujan Sakhi'' (1995) and ''Nyayachakra'' (1991). She won state awards for acting in ''Kaberi'' (1983), ''Pooja'' (1981), and ''Gouri'' (1979). She is actively associated with the Oriya film industry, doing some character roles and some tele-serials. Filmography *''Chumki My Darling'' (2021) *'' Jaga Hatare Pagha'' (2015) *''Lekhu Lekhu Lekhi Deli'' (2014) *''Hata Dh ...
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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, academician, journalist and public servants. Lists of awardees Jaydev Award “The Jayadev Award” is a special award given to a film personality for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Odia cinema. 2018 BIJAY MISHRA 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 supporting Actor Odisha State Film Award for Best Actress Odisha State Film Award for Best supporting Actress Odisha State Film Award for Best Comedian Odisha State Film Award for Best Child Artist Odisha State Film Awar ...
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Bou (1998 Film)
''Bou'' (English : Mother) is a 1998 Indian Odia-language drama film. It was directed, produced and written by Sabyasachi Mohapatra. Usasi Misra, Jyoti Misra and Akshaya Bastia debuted in the film. Synopsis Umakant (Bijay Mohanty) and Durga ( Mahasweta Roy) lives happily with two sons Deepak (Siddhanta Mahapatra) and Amar (Akshaya Bastia) and daughter-in-law Seema (Usasi Misra), the wife of Deepak. Umakant does everything for his children's better up-keeping. One day Umakant meets an accident and becomes handicap. Instead of supporting the parents, Deepak and Amar desert them and live separately. In the meantime Durga comes to rescue of Umakant and tries to find a job for herself to support her family. Durga has dress designing skills. With supports from Atal Bihari (Mihir Das), she finds a job of dress designer in a company. By her outstanding skills, she excelled in her profession and good fortune. The time passes away, Deepak and Amar face lot of trouble in their life and beco ...
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Mu Eka Tumara
''Mu Eka Tumara'' ( en, I am only for you) is a 2013 Indian Odia language romantic drama film. The film is written by Sidharth and directed by Susant Mani and stars Sabyasachi and Archita in their Seventh movie together. This film won the Best Odia film, Best Oriya Direction, Best Oriya Actor (Male) and Best Oriya Actor (Female) categories in the Filmfare Awards East 2013. The film was a remake of 2003 Kannada blockbuster film ''Chandra Chakori'' starring Sriimurali, Sri Murali. Plot The Movie premise is of a Big Odia people, Odia wedding where Virendra(Mihir Das)’s son Mahesh(Debashis) is all set to marry Pratap (Prutiviraj Nayak)’s daughter Chitralekha( Archita). Both families have come together to stay at Virendra’s farm-house for the next four days for this grand wedding. Introduced here is Raju(Sabyasachi) who works as a Domestic worker, servant at Virendra’s place. Raju is an innocent person who can hear and understand everything but is unable to speak a word. ...
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Ollywood
The Odia film industry, colloquially known as Ollywood, is the Odia language Indian film industry, based in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack in Odisha, India. The name Ollywood is a portmanteau of the words Odia and Hollywood. Industry In 1974, the Government of Odisha declared film making and construction of cinema theatres as an industry in the state, and in 1976 it established the Odisha Film Development Corporation in Cuttack. History Odisha has a history of filmmaking, starting from 1936. The first Odia film is '' Sita Bibaha'', made by Mohan Sundar Deb Goswami in 1936. Drawn from the Indian epic ''Ramayana'', the story is about the marriage of Sita and Ram. The film plot was made from a drama written by Kamapala Mishra. Prepared with a budget of only Rs 30,000, the film has 14 song sequences. Despite it being the first Odia film with several drawbacks in every section of its making, the two-hour-long movie generated great enthusiasm among the people. It was released in La ...
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Swapna Sagara
Swapna Sagara is a 1983 Indian Odia-language film. It was produced, directed and written by Prashant Nanda. Music was scored by Akshaya Mohanty. The movie featured Dukhiram Swain, Prashant Nanda, Sriram Panda, Mahasweta Roy and Anita Das. It was the first 70mm movie in Odia cinema The Odia film industry, colloquially known as Ollywood, is the Odia language Indian film industry, based in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack in Odisha, India. The name Ollywood is a portmanteau of the words Odia language, Odia and Hollywood-inspired n .... Nanda, at the age of nine read the novel "Baliraja", written by Kahnucharan Mohanty. Years later he wrote the screenplay of Swapna Sagara, drawing inspiration from it. Songs *"Chithi Mora Tiki Chadhei" *"Sei Dipa Achi Sei Phoola" *"Ae Panire Panire" *"Batoi Bhai" *"Sikari Sikari" *"Sagara Sagara Sagara Buku Re" References External links 1983 films Films scored by Akshaya Mohanty 1980s Odia-language films Films directed by Prashanta Nand ...
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Hisab Nikas
''Hisab Nikas'' is an Odia film was released in 1982. It was produced, directed and written by Prashant Nanda and music was arranged by Prafulla Kar. The movie featured Prashant Nanda, Sriram Panda, Mahasweta Roy, Jharana Das, Biren Routray & Deepa Sahu. It was the first Cinemascope movie in Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ... cinema history. References External links * 1982 films 1980s Odia-language films Films directed by Prashanta Nanda {{Odia-film-stub ...
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Jaga Hatare Pagha
''Jaga Hatare Pagha'' is a 2015 Odia romance action family drama film produced by Tarang Cine Productions. It stars Anubhav Mohanty and Elina Samantray in lead roles. The film is directed by Murali Krishna. It is a remake of Marathi film ''Lai Bhaari''. The Kannada song ''Life is Awesome'' from the movie ''Male'' was copied in this movie. Cast * Anubhav Mohanty * Elina Samantray * Mahasweta Ray * Ajit Das * Buddhaditya Mohanty Buddhaditya Mohanty is an Indian actor. He was born in Cuttack, completed his schooling at Stewart School, Cuttack and his college education at Ravenshaw College. After that he studied at Delhi University. He works in Mumbai as well as in Odis ... * Jhilik Bhattacharjee Box office ''Jaga Hatare Pagha'' was released during Dussehra 2015 to positive reviews. In its first day the film grossed , second day it grossed and third day it collect at the box office.https://enewsodia.com/amp/jaga-hatare-pagha-odia-film-box-office-income/ References ...
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Prashanta Nanda
Prashanta Nanda (born 2 May 1947) is an Indian director, actor and politician from the state of Odisha. Actor-director duo Siddhanta Mahapatra and Prashanta Nanda Given 8 all time blockbuster Movies to Ollywood. He is currently a Member of Parliament at Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, for Odisha. He worked in the Odia film industry as an actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer. He was also a former minister in Odisha state. Career In 1962, he debuted in the movie '' Nua Bou''. Nanda worked as an actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer. Nanda acted as male lead and directed the Hindi film Naiyya released in the year 1979. In 2009, his film ''Jianta Bhoota'' was released. In 2007, he awarded with the Lifetime achievement award in Odisha Filmfare Award. He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) leader and Odisha state Vice President. He resigned from his membership in August 2007. After that he joined the Nationali ...
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21st-century Indian Actresses
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman ...
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Actresses From Odisha
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Will ...
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