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Noted screenwriter,dramatist and Jayadev Awardee Bijay Mishra passed away

in Odia Cinema, State News April 26, 2020 0 703 Views

Bhubaneswar:26/4/20:(Ashok Palit) Bijay Mishra, noted lyricist and screenwriter of Odisha, passed away at age of 83 at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, said sources on Sunday. Mishra was conferred with the prestigious Jayadev Award for lifetime achievement and contribution to Odia film industry last year in the 3oth Odisha State Film Award.

Mishra has also directed a few films like Jajabara,  and “Rajanigandha” for which he has received the best screenplay and dialogue state awards. Mishra has also scripted more than 50 Odia films.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed deep grief at the passing away of noted dramatist Bijay Mishra .

” Mishra was a leading dramatist of the contemporary times. His contribution to Odia literature and Odia film industry is immense,” said Patnaik while conveying his deep sympathy to the bereaved family.

 A pioneer of modern theatre movement and playwright in Odia film industry, Bijay Mishra was a recipient of Odisha Sahitya Akademi and Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards. (For Details Biography pf Bijay Mishra please  log on Column segment of this news portal)

 

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.

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