Swapna Sagara is a 1983 Indian
Odia-language film. It was produced, directed and written by
Prashant 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 Parl ...
. Music was scored by
Akshaya Mohanty
Akshaya Mohanty, also known as ''Khoka Bhai'', was an Indian singer, lyricist, composer, musician and writer in Odia. He has contributed Odia bhajans, Odissi songs, folk songs, film and non-film modern light songs in Odisha on contemporary ...
. The movie featured
Dukhiram Swain,
Prashant 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 Parl ...
,
Sriram Panda,
Mahasweta Roy and
Anita Das. It was the first
70mm
70 mm film (or 65 mm film) is a wide high-resolution film gauge for motion picture photography, with a negative area nearly 3.5 times as large as the standard 35 mm motion picture film format. As used in cameras, the film is wid ...
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 Nanda
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