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.
Anubhav Mohanty is an Indian actor, politician, film producer, television personality and social activist who is known for his work in Odia-Bengali language films. Mohanty has a significant fan following especially in Odisha.
Archita Sahu is an Indian actress, model, and television personality with an established career in Odia Films. She was runner-up in the 2013 Femina Miss India, Kolkata. Her numerous accolades as an actress include four Odisha State Film Awards.
Tarang Music is a 24-hour music channel owned by Odisha Television Ltd of India. The channel features Odia music from Ollywood and music videos from Odisha. Most of the shows in Tarang Music require call-in audience participation, where the callers speak to a video jockey and request songs that may be dedicated to their loved ones.
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.
The Odisha State Film Awards have been conferred by the Department of Culture of the Government of Odisha, India.
Sabyasachi Mishra is an Indian actor known for his work in Odia Cinema. He is referred to as "Superstar of Ollywood". Pagala Premi was his first movie, for which he earned an Odisha State Film Awards for Best Actor. Sabyasachi got his second state award for Emiti Bi Prema Hue. He won the Filmfare Awards East as best actor for Mu Eka Tumara in 2013.
Prakruti Mishra is an Indian actress known for her work in Odia films and Hindi television. She is best known for her performance in the film Hello Arsi for which she won the National Film Award in 2018. She is also known for her roles in Hindi television shows and is known for her role as Devanyi In Jai Kanhaiya Lal Kion Star Bharat, as Bitti in Bitti Business Walion & TV and in the reality show of MTV Ace Of Space 2 in which she was 5th runner up.
Babushaan Mohanty is an Indian actor & Playback Singer who predominantly works for Odia films in ollywood Industry .In 2022, Babushaan Mohanty protrayed Doctor Character in DAMaN movie was an Indian Odia-language adventure drama film Released in Odia as well as in the Hindi language and it was an one of the highest grossing Odia movie.
Elina Samantray is an Indian actress who works in Odia films. She made her career debut with the film Ishq Tu Hi Tu. She was the winner of the first season of the reality television show Kie Heba Mo Heroine, which was broadcast on Tarang TV. She also works in Bengal film industry.
Tu Mo Hero is a 2017 Indian Odia drama and romance film released on 20 October 2017. The film stars Jyoti Ranjan Nayak, Jhilik Bhattacharya and Mihir Das in key roles.
Bhoomika Dash is an Indian actress and classical Odissi dancer who is known for her acting in the Odia film industry. She made her debut through an Odia movie called Rumku Jhumana as a child artist, then as a lead actress in the movie Tu mo love story.
Humane Sagar also transliterated as "Human Sagar", is an Indian playback singer who works mostly in Ollywood Industry. He has won the reality singing competition "Voice of Odisha Season 2" in 2012.
Happy Lucky is a 2018 Indian Odia-language romantic action comedy film directed by Sundhanshu Sahu. The film stars Sambit Acharya and Jyoti Ranjan Nayak opposite Sasmita and Elina Samantray respectively in lead roles. The film is an official remake of Tamil film Vettai.
Tamanna Vyas is an Indian actress who works in Odia film industry. She made her debut in the movie Joker opposite actor Papu Pom Pom in 2015. She has been selected in the Top-10 list of the Miss Diva - 2018 in Mumbai.
Harihara Mahapatra is an Indian actor, comedian and politician, who mostly works in Odia language films known as Ollywood.
Arindam Roy is an actor who works predominantly in Odia cinema apart from a few Bengali films.
Parth Sarathi Ray is an Indian actor who mostly appears in Odia feature films and shorts. In 2010, he started his career and in 2013 he debuted in Ollywood through Nai Separi Kanaka Gori. In 2018, he received the Odisha State Film Award as best actor for Hello Arsi.
