Puri:17/4/21:Bataraj Dev Goswami grandson of Mohan Sundar Dev Goswami passed away in Kolkata today infected with covid -19. He was also used to performed drama on stage. Mohan Sundar Dev Goswami was famous through the first Odia full-length feature film Sita Bibah in 1936 – the year of Odisha’s birth. In 1936, few days after Orissa achieved its political identity, the ...

Bhubaneswar:17/4/21: 43rd Moscow International Film Festival which is going to be commenced from April 22 to 29,2021 Odia feature film Adieu GODARD, written and directed by Amartya Bhattacharyya and produced under the banner of  Swastik Arthouse is inducted in OUT OF COMPETITION PROGRAMS(Film around the world section)the film revolves around A small Indian village: an old man is addicted to watching pornography with his friends. One ...

BHUBANESWAR:10/4/21: Odisha will soon have a state-of-art film city, a one-point destination for filmmakers, close to Chilika Lagoon. The project is the brainchild of Sujoy Mukherjee, son of yesteryear actor Joy Mukherjee. Conceived as a city away from the city, the film city will offer filmmakers from far and wide, the best of locations from around the world recreated for ...

Cuttack:29/3/21:Odia Film and Music director Er.jalal Adeni passed away at the age of 85 in his Cuttack residence. Adeni was born on 1936, June 23 at BhanjaNagar in Ganjam district, Jalal Adeni passed  I sc fromKhalikote college and complete his Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. In 1977  through Odia’s film Anutap he earns name and fame as a Music director. ...

Bhubaneswar22/2/21: Odia Documentary film ‘Shrikshetra Ru Sahi Jata ’ Bags National Award in recently announced 67 th National film award in  BEST ARTS and CULTURE FILM  segment. The documentary film ‘Shrikshetra Ru Sahi Jata’ by Puri-based filmmaker Ashutosh Pattnaik was an attempt to popularize and preserve an ancient art form on the verge of extinction. And his efforts were recognised at the ...

Bhubaneswar:22/3/21: Filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda’s Odia film ‘Kalira Atita’ (Yesterday’s Past )which is awarded as best Odia  film   in the regional  category in  67 th National Film Award, talks about his own trauma of witnessing the ferocious sea gobble up village after village In  2006, on the front page of a national daily newspaper, Nila Madhab Panda saw a frightening ...

Bhubaneswar:22/3/21:After  Sala Budha and Aadim Vichar, filmmaker Sabyasachi Mohapatra’s third film in the Sala Budha trilogy Sala Budha Ra Badla (Revenge of Sala Budha) adjudged as a Best regional film in 67 National film award. Like Sala Budha and Aadim Vichar, Sala Budha Ra Badla, too, is an adaptation of a story by the filmmaker’s father, Kapileswar Prasad Mohapatra. As per the Director“My audience knows the story of Sala Budha. He was a simple and kind-hearted ...

Newdelhi:22/3/21:The Jury for the 67th National Film Awards announced the winners for the year 2019 here today. Ahead of the announcement, the Chairperson and other Jury members called on the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar and presented him with the selections for the Awards. The Jury comprised of eminent filmmakers and film personalities from across the Indian ...

Bhubaneswar:21/3/21: Legendary Odissi dancer and the wife of eminent Odissi dance teacher late Kelucharan Mohapatra, ‘Laxmipriya Mohapatra’, has passed away around 11:10 PM on Saturday. She was 86 years old. She was suering from old age aliments. Upon learning of the demise of the legendary dancer, many dignitaries arrived at her residence in Bhimtangi to pay their last respects. Her ...

Bhubaneswar: 16/3/21:Odia’s movie ‘Kalira Atita’, directed by Nila Madhab Panda, is out of the race for Oscars 2021. In a social media message, Panda today stated ‘Kalira Atita’ is out of the Oscar nomination race. But Panda mentioned he would continue to talk about climate issues through the movie. He also congratulated the nominees and wished them luck. The movie, starring ...