''Swayamsiddha'' is a 2010

Odia film Odia cinema, also known as Ollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Odia language widely spoken in the state of Odisha. Odia Cinema is based in Cuttack in Odisha, Indi ...

directed by Sudhanshu Sahu with a screenplay and dialogue by Dilip Choudhury, produced by Prabhat Ranjan Mallik, and starring

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and Yukta Inderlal Mookhey. The film focuses on the implications for the young mass adopting to

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insurgency and their sustained alienation from the mainstream as a result. Geo-strategic importance of changing the minds of young people adopting terrorism through love and affection. The film traces the crisis from social trauma to unfair state system encouraging Mao-Naxal insurgency in

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Plot

Cast

as Digvijay * Yukta Inderlal Mookhey as Shreya / Swayamsidha * Sunil Kumar as Raj *

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* Anita Das * Shweta Acharya * Dushmant * Pradyumna Lenka * Pintu Nanda *

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* Matru Prasad * Sarojini Rout

Production

The

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took place in Taupadar near Deomali. The film ''Swayamsidha'' in fact was shot under very challenging and turbulent situations. Most of part of the film are filming at Naxalite-Maoist insurgency areas in

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district of

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state.

Controversy

As the main co-star of the film

is an M.P. and belongs to the ruling party

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portrays himself as a

leader in the film, the opposition parties in the state went on strikes and demanded ban on release of the film. Hundreds of

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activists were arrested for disrupting the screening of the film.

Music

The music of the film composed by Swarup Nayak. The tracks from the film include:

Awards

* Mohan Sundar Deb Goswami Award * Odisha State Film Award for Best Film * 2nd Etv Oriya Film Awards 2011 Best Actor Siddhanta Mahapatra * Special Jury Award of 2010 in 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011 * Best Cinematographer of 2010 Odisha State Film Award for Best Photography and 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011 * Best Director of 2010 in 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011 * Best Editor of 2010 in 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011 * Best Screenplay of 2010 in State Awards, 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011 * Best sound design of 2010 in State Awards, 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011 * Best Odia Film of 2010 in Etv Oriya Film Awards 2011 * Best Director of 2010 in Etv Oriya Film Awards 2011 * Best cinematographer of 2010 in Etv Oriya Film Awards 2011ETV Oriya film award 2011 winners – Entertainment - Orissa News Updates, Orissa, Oriya, Oriya News, puri, bhubaneswar, cuttack, berhampur, rourkela, sambalpur

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1719663, Swayamsiddha 2010 films Films scored by Swarup Nayak 2010s Odia-language films Films directed by Sudhanshu Sahu