BHUBANESWAR:17/10/23:  Odisha’s first woman lyricist Binodini Devi passed away on October 16, Monday following a prolonged illness. She was 86. Devi had suffered a brain stroke and was bedridden for several months. She was under treatment at Angul. A lyricist of Akashwani-Cuttack, Devi wrote some popular songs like ‘Nirimakhi Kuanri’ from Tapoi, ‘Se Ta Bhakta Bhabare Bandha’ from Shree Jagannath ...

Bhubaneswar: 7/10/23:Two Odia movies  “Mind Game” and “Kaincha Mali” hit screens across Odisha on Friday. Mind Game, a movie based on the sensational Patnagarh wedding gift blast incident released in around 40 cinema halls in Odisha after five long years of waiting due to some reasons. Eminent Odia actor Manoj Mishra and Bollywood star Atul Kulkarni are playing pivotal roles ...

Bhubaneswar:29/9/23:   Shankar – The Destroyer Odia film hit the theater across the state on 29th September 2023. The film is made under the banner SD Films. Superstar Siddhant Mahapatra will be seen along with newcomer Devananda. It is expected that the audience will like the romance of Devananda and Dibyadisha. Among others, Siv, Supriya, Kuna Tripathy, KK, Biju Badajena, Kali, ...

Bhubaneswar:19/9/23:‘Tarang Cine Productions’ film ‘ Pushkara’  released across the state on l9 September starring Sabyasachi Mishra and Supriya in the lead roles. Pushkara is based on Odia Novel ‘Nadabindu’ written by eminent writer Sankar Tripathy. This movie marks the directorial debut of DOP-turned-director Subhranshu Das. “Pushkara, it is not just a cinema, this is a story of a character that ...

Bhubaneswar:9/9/23:(Ashok Palit) Odisha State Film Awards for the years 2020;2021 &2022 are going to be held with several amendments to the 2010 Odisha State Film Awards Rules. Several new awards have been inducted for the upcoming year. One major decision has been taken to rename the Jayadev Award as Mohan Sunder Dev Goswami Award. This award was given for the ...

Bhubaneswar:24/8/23 Odia movie Pratikshya has brought laurels for Odisha as it has won Best Odia feature film at the 69th National Film Awards announced today. The winner will get a Rajat Kamal and a cash award of Rs. 1,00,000. Anupam Patnaik directed the movie released last year and was produced under the banner of Amiya Patnaik Productions. Dipanwit Dashmohapatra, Choudhury ...

Bhubaneswar: 10/7/23:Trupti Biswal, a noted director in the Ollywood film industry as well as television and jatra, tragically passed away in a bike accident in Bhubaneswar on Monday. According to available information, Biswal was involved in a bike accident yesterday and was immediately taken to Ashwini Hospital for medical attention. Despite receiving treatment, he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries today. ...

Bhubaneswar:18/6/23: Encashing in on the three-day Raja festival beginning June 14 and the summer vacations, Odia movie producers have lined up four releases to keep the cash registers ringing. This is a norm every year and invariably, the effort hits the bull’s eye. Fans of Odia films finally have a reason to rejoice this Raja! With theatres welcoming back audiences ...

Bhubaneswar:11/6/23(:Ashok Palit )Odia film Guddu Gangster, produced by Pritam Sahu and Naveen Bhandari under the banner of Anasmish Production, and directed by Ashok Pati is all set to be released on on June13, 2023 on the eve of coming Raja festival. Well known cine artistes like Sailendra Samantray, Siddhant Mohapatra, Namrata Thapa,  Sivani Sangita, Bobby Mishra and Krishnakar among others ...

Bankim Mund Amid ’80s rustically slow ambience, as the dark clouds wandering randomly in the pervasive sky was heralding imminent rain, we were getting ready for school vis-à-vis mother’s admonishment from the kitchen in intermittence to be on quick, for we, in those days in rainy season, had no option but to walk to school along the muddy street with ...