Uttam Mohanty is an Indian film and television actor who has to his credit more than 135 Odia films to date and has acted in 30 Bengali films and in a Hindi film Naya Zaher.
The Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ), formerly spelled Oriya, are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the Indian state of Odisha who speak the Odia language. They constitute a majority in the eastern coastal state, with significant minority populations existing in the neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Akshaya Mohanty, also known as Khoka Bhai, was an Indian singer, lyricist, composer, musician and writer in Odia. He has contributed Odia bhajans, Odissi songs, folk songs, film and non-film modern light songs in Odisha on contemporary themes and ballads based on popular legends in Odisha.
Odia cinema, also known as Ollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Odia language widely spoken in the state of Odisha. Odia Cinema is based in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack in Odisha, India. The name Ollywood is a portmanteau of the words Odia and Hollywood.
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.
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.
Bijay Mohanty was an Indian actor in Odia Cinema. He starred in the film Chilika Teerey, which was honored a National Film Award.
The Odisha State Film Awards have been conferred by the Department of Culture of the Government of Odisha, India.
Malajahna is a 1965 Oriya film written and directed by Nitai Palit based on a novel of the same title by the Oriya novelist Upendra Kishore Das. The film stars Akshaya Mohanty (Kashyap) and Jharana Das in the lead. Considered as a classic in the history of Oriya cinema, the film deals with an unusual theme in seventies in rural India of love between a married woman and a young man.
To Bina Mo Kahani Adha is a 2007 Oriya film directed by Sanjay Nayak starring Anubhav Mohanty, Archita Sahu, and Jairam Samal.
The results of the 2014 5th Tarang Cine Awards, the awards presented annually by the Tarang entertainment television channel to honor artistic and technical excellence in the Oriya language film industry of India ("Ollywood"), are as follow:
Rakta Golapa is an Odia romantic tragedy released on 9 November 1977, starring Suresh Misra, Banaja Mohanty, Sriram Panda, Radha Panda and Ramesh Panigrahi.
Namrata Mohanty is an Odia singer based in Cuttack, Odisha, India. She is a B-High grade singer of All India Radio (AIR), Cuttack since 1983. She is a science graduate from Brahmapur University. She was undergoing her Masters degree, but discontinued her studies because of illness.
Golapi Golapi is a 2014 Odia film directed by Susant Mani. It stars Amlan Das and Riya Dey in lead roles while Siddhanta Mahapatra and Aparajita Mohanty play supporting roles.
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. The music was released by Amara Muzik. It was a Superhit movie in the Odia film industry.
Tu Kahibu Na Mu is an Indian Odia-language romantic drama film directed by Susant Mani and produced by Tarang Cine Productions. It stars Niharika Dash and Amlan Das in lead roles while Aparajita Mohanty and Mihir Das play supporting roles. The music is released by Amara Muzik.
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.
Daha Balunga is a 2013 Indian Odia language drama featured film directed by Sudhakar Basanta. The film stars Babushaan, Sanjana Mitra and Jackie Shroff. Abhijit Majumdar is the music director.
Mohammad Nizam was a lyricist in the Odia movie industry. Nizam's songs appeared in over 160 movies. He was a screenwriter for over 50 movies and television shows, as well as providing scripts for over 70 stage shows.
