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Renowned Odia actor Uttam Mohanty passed away

in Odia Cinema, State News February 28, 2025 Comments Off on Renowned Odia actor Uttam Mohanty passed away 275 Views

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: 28/2/25:Renowned Odia actor Uttam Mohanty passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Gurugram. He was 66.

Mohanty dominated the Odia film industry throughout the 80s and 90s, playing a wide range of roles. He starred in more than 130 Odia films and acted in 30 Bengali films. He also appeared in a Hindi film, ‘Naya Zaher’.

The versatile actor has won numerous awards and accolades, including Jayadeb Puraskar, the Odisha Living Legend Award, and the Odisha State Film. Mohanty was undergoing treatment for his liver problem. He was airlifted to the national capital earlier this month for advanced medical care.

Mohanty’s body will be brought back to Bhubaneswar on Friday and kept at his house for 4 hours before being taken to Satyanagar crematorium in the city for his final rites.

Born on December 23, 1958, in Baripada town of Mayurbhanj district, Mohanty was pursuing Chartered Accountancy in Ludhiana in 1976 when he made his debut for the film Abhimaan. After the film became a hit, Mohanty dropped out of studies and soon belted one hit after another including Nijhum Ratira Sathi (1979), Phula Chandana (1982) and Danda Balunga (1984). He starred in over 100 Odia movies and 30 Bengali movies.

He also acted in Hindi movie Naya Zeher, India’s first feature film on the scourge of HIV.

“Uttam Mohanty was the superstar who didn’t need gloss—just a story, a song, and an audience to enchant. Directors leaned on his versatility, crafting tales of heartbroken lovers, defiant sons, and jovial everyman,” said film critic Ashok Palit

He is the only Odia actor to win the Odisha State Film Award for Best Actor for three consecutive years (1982–1984). In 1999, he received the prestigious Jaydev Puraskar, the highest film award in Odisha, alongside Odisha Living Legend Award in 2012. In 1987, he married his co-star Aparajita, and the couple became a celebrated pair in Odia movies. Their son, Babushaan, is now a leading actor in Odia movies.

About Editor in chief

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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