Dipanwit Dashmohapatra is an Indian actor and theater artist who predominantly works in
Odia movies and web series.
Early life
Dipanwit was born in
Soro in
Balasore district of
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
to Jyotsna & Jeetendra Dashmohapatra. He did his schooling from Ramakrishna Sikhshya Niketana and S.N. High School of Soro. Later, his higher secondary from
Upendranath College. He completed his degree in Electrical Engineering from ITER,
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan,
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra ...
.
Career
Dipanwit started acting in plays from his college days. He has worked with many prominent theatre groups like Toneelstuk and Uttar Purush Theatre Group. He is an active member of ''JEEVAN REKHA THEATRE GROUP'' of Bhubaneswar.
His cinematic journey began with his feature film debut in 2017 in the critically acclaimed Odia film "Khyanikaa - The Lost Idea" which was selected in the Indian Panorama section of 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa. He played the character of Postman in this film produced by Swastik Arthouse and directed by acclaimed filmmaker and National Awardee
Amartya Bhattacharyya
Amartya Bhattacharyya is a filmmaker, writer and artist from eastern India. He was awarded the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography, Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal) for the Best Cinematography in non-feature film at the 63rd ...
who first saw his potential during the auditions for Khyanikaa held in the same college where Dipanwit was studying at that time. He was one of the delegates who represented the film at the prestigious festival in Goa.
With
Samaresh Routray's production house ''OdiaOne'' he acted in several Music videos and Web series, the most popular being ''Rabana Podi'' by S3 Movies and then forayed into Art and Feature films.
In 2021, Dipanwit played the wonderful and innocent character of "Joe" in the much acclaimed and internationally awarded film -
Adieu Godard which won 7 international awards including the Best Feature Film (Indian section) at the 27th
Kolkata International Film Festival
The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...
. The film was released in theaters in September 2022 and Dipanwit was very much appreciated for the nuances he brought to his character when people watched him on the big screen. He came into major limelight with movie
DAMaN in a supporting role alongside
Babushaan. His first movie as lead
Pratikshya has been selected for screening in Indian Panorama section of
IFFI 2022 and has won the Best Story Feature Film Award at the Washington DC South Asia Film Festival (DCSAFF) 2022.
Anupam Kher has announced latter's Hindi remake in IFFI press conference.
Filmography
Films
References
External links
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Male actors in Odia cinema
Living people
1995 births
Odia people
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