Mohammed Aziz, also known as saikh azad Bihar, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Odia films, Bengali. He sang about twenty thousand songs, including Bhajans, Sufi devotional songs and other genres in more than ten different Indian languages. He made his first appearance in films Odia film titled Jaga Hatare Pagha directed by Mohammad Mohsin, with the song Rupa Sagadi re Suna Kaniya. Later he the sung most numbers of songs in Odia and for Ollywood Actor Siddhanta Mahapatra. Later he appeared with a Hindi film titled Ambar (1984) and his two prominent songs, including "Mard Tangewala" composed by Anu Malik were introduced in Mard.
The Odia cinema, colloquially known as Ollywood, is the Odia language Indian film industry, based in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack in Odisha, India. The name Ollywood is a portmanteau of the words Odia and Hollywood.
Anu Choudhury is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Odia, Telugu, Chhattisgarhi, Bengali and Hindi films. She has starred in more than 65 films. Her debut Odia film was Maa Goja Bayani.
Bande Utkala Janani is a 2008 Indian Odia film directed by Suvendu Swain. The film deals with themes of patriotism and honesty towards profession. That this is the first Odia film released through satellite using Digital UFO system.
Mate Ta Love Helare is a 2008 Indian Odia-language action film directed by Ashok Pati. This film is loose remake of Telugu Movie Student No. 1 starring Jr NTR.
Rangin Jajabara is a 1975 Odia language Indian movie. The music was composed by Akshya Mohanty. It was produced by Bijay Pattnaik, directed by Akshaya Mohanty, Hemanta Das and Bijay Mishra (Trimurty). The movie stars Sriram Panda, Banaja Mohanty and Tripura Mishra. Jajabar was the first black-and-white film in Odia to be digitally colorized and re-released in the state.
Sahara Jaluchi is a 1998 Indian Odia-language film directed by Sudhanshu Sahu, starring Uttam Mohanty, Siddhanta Mahapatra, Jyoti Misra, Mihir Das, and Aparajita Mohanty. The music is released by Amara Muzik.
Swayamsiddha is a 2010 Odia film directed by Sudhanshu Sahu with a screenplay and dialogue by Dilip Choudhury, produced by Prabhat Ranjan Mallik, and starring Siddhanta Mahapatra and Yukta Inderlal Mookhey. The film focuses on the implications for the young mass adopting to Maoist insurgency and their sustained alienation from the mainstream as a result. Geo-strategic importance of changing the minds of young people adopting terrorism through love and affection. The film traces the crisis from social trauma to unfair state system encouraging Mao-Naxal insurgency in Odisha.
Balunga Toka is a 2011 Indian Odia-language romantic drama film directed by Sudhakara Basanta. The film stars Anubhav Mohanty and Barsha Priyadarshini as lead role. Balunga Toka was released on 2 October 2011. The film was commercially successful and became the highest-grossing Odia film of all time. It is a remake of the 2004 Tamil-Telugu bilingual film 7G Rainbow Colony. The film score was released by Amara Muzik.
Pagala Karichu Tu is a 2014 Odia film under the Sarthak Films Banner, produced by Sitaram Agrawal starring Riya dey and Siddhanta Mahapatra.
Dhauli Express is a 2007 Indian Odia-language film written and directed by Chittaranjan Tripathy. It features Samaresh Routray, Mihir Das, Siddhanta Mahapatra, Anu Choudhury, Aparajita Mohanty. The film was produced by Chittaranjan Triparthy. It won the Odisha State Film Award for Best Film in 2007.
Agastya is a 2016 Indian Odia action thriller film directed by K Muralikrishna and produced under Akshya Parija Productions. It was released on 12 June 2016 at Rajo Festival. It was one of the best Odia movies in 2016. Anubhav Mohanty, Akash, and Jhillik play lead roles. It is a remake of the 2014 Kannada action movie Ugramm. The music was released by Amara Muzik. It was a Superhit movie in the Odia film industry.
Bye Bye Dubai is a 2016 Indian Odia-language comedy drama film directed by Basanta Sahoo and produced by NRI businessman Akshay Kumar Parija. The music is released by Amara Muzik. It was declared as a Hit movie.
Tu Mo Love Story is an Indian Odia-language drama film directed by Tapas Sargharia produced by Deepak Kumar Mishra for Tarang Cine Productions, and DK Movies. Starring Swaraj Barik and Bhoomika Dash, and with a screenplay by Tapas Sargharia, it was released on 7 April 2017.
Sister Sridevi is a 2017 Indian Odia-language romantic comedy film produced by Tarang Cine Productions. Babushaan and Sivani Sangita, with Mihir Das and Aparajita Mohanty are in supporting role. The movie is a remake of 2016 Tamil movie Remo.
Prem Anand is an Indian music director and composer. He usually works in Odia film and television industry. In 2006, he started his career as a music director through the Odia movie Tu Eka Ama Saha Bharasa and worked as a music director in more than 60 Odia films. Apart from Odia films, he composed music for Odia daily shops, Bhajans and Jatra songs. In 2009, Anand worked as a music director for the Hindi film Dekha Bhai Dekh in 2019, he composed music for Bollywood film Luv U Turn. Apart from Odia and Hindi films, he composed music for Marathi and Bengali films. He composed the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup anthem.
Kabula Barabula is a 2017 Indian Odia comedy film directed by Ramesh Rout. The film stars Anubhav Mohanty and Elina Samantray in the lead roles. The film was released on September 27, 2017. The movie is a remake of 2013 Punjabi movie Singh vs Kaur.
Sundergarh Ra Salman Khan is a 2018 Indian Odia-language comedy film, starring Babushaan. The Film is also the debut film of Divya, as the female lead. The film was released on 13 June 2018 on Raja Festival of Odisha that falls in mid June 2018. This film is remake of 1999 Malayalam film Udayapuram Sulthan.
Sriman Surdas is a 2018 action comedy Odia language feature film directed by Ashok Pati and Produced under banner Tarang Cine Productions. It is a remake of the 2017 Telugu film Andhhagadu.Babushaan and Bhoomika Dash played lead roles in the film.
Poglu, is an Odia feature film released in 2018. It was produced by Jagannath Patajoshi Mohapatra, and directed by Rama Prashad Samal.
