

He started as an actor in character roles and gave household names like Raaka to Odisha.Īmiya Ranjan Patnaik, who started his career directing Mamata Mage Mula, changed the dimension of the Odia film industry by producing big budget movies with multiple star casts, which was a new trend at that time. He had to his credit 16 box office successful movies in his directorial stint. His directorial debut was Phoola Chandana for which he won the Odisha State Film Award for Best Director. His movies heralded the golden era of the Odia film industry by bringing in freshness to Odia movies. Phoola Chandana was written by Ananda Sankar Das. Mohammad Mohsin started the revolution in the Odia film industry by not only securing the essence of the Odia culture but also changing the way the film industry watched Odia movies. Nanda won National Awards three times, in 1960, 19 for his acting in Nua Bou, Matir Manisha and Adina Megha. Nanda was an actor, director, screenplay writer, lyricist and playback singer. He was present in Odia films since 1959, but he became very active only after 1976. His name would always be synonymous with the Odia film industry. The same year, Prasanta Nanda won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia for his debut film, Nua Bou. The eleventh Odia film, Sri Lokanath, was directed by Prafulla Sengupta and received the National Award in 1960. It was the fourth Odia film produced by Ratikant Padhi. It was released 15 years after the first Odia film, Sita Bibaha. The 1951 production Roles Two Eight was the first Odia film with an English name. A joint consortium of landlords and businessmen who collected funds after 1948 produced those two movies. After Sita Bibaha, only two films were produced until 1951. The pace of Odia film production in the initial years was very slow. This was a landmark film of the Odia film Industry. The 12-reeled film had in its cast Makhanlal Banerjee (Ram), who received only Rs 120 for his performance, Aditya Ballav Mohanty (Lakhsman), who got only Rs 35 as conveyance allowance, and Prabati Devi (Sita), who was paid the highest amount of Rs 150. 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. Prepared with a budget of only Rs 30,000, the film has 14 song sequences. The film plot was made from a drama written by Kamapala Mishra. Drawn from the Indian epic Ramayana, the story is about the marriage of Sita and Ram. The first Odia film is Sita Bibaha, made by Mohan Sundar Deb Goswami in 1936. Odisha has a history of filmmaking, starting from 1936. 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. 3 Notable people of the Odia film industry.
