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Pitambari Debi (born 12 June 1904, in Puri) was an Indian writer of Odia literature, best remembered for coauthoring the Lexicon of the Oriya Language , and her book Kantara Babu (1931). [1] [2] [3]
Odia is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha, where native speakers make up 82% of the population, and it is also spoken in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Odia is one of the many official languages of India; it is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand. The language is also spoken by a sizeable population of 700,000 people in Chhattisgarh.
Odia literature is literature written in the Odia language, mostly from the Indian state of Odisha. The modern Odia language is mostly formed from Tadbhava words with significant Sanskrit (Tatsama) influences, along with loanwords from Desaja, English, Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu), Persian, and Arabic. Its earliest written texts date from around 1000 CE. The earliest Odia newspaper was Utkala Deepika, first published on August 4, 1866.
The Odia film industry, 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, film producer, television personality and politician who is known for his work in Odia-Bengali language films.
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.
Nila Madhab Panda is an Indian film producer and director. Panda has directed and produced over 70 films, documentaries, and shorts based on social issues such as climate change, child labor, education, water issues, sanitation and other developmental issues in India. Many of his films are based on his own experiences. He has won several awards and received critical acclaim for his films which have been described as "entertaining yet socially relevant."
Babushaan is an Indian actor and playback singer who predominantly works in Odia movies. He debuted in Ollywood through Romeo – The Lover Boy in (2009) directed by Hara Patnaik.
Artaballabha Mohanty, was a notable writer and literary critique.
Dharitri is a social satire drama in Odia, released on 30 March 1973. It is based on Amulya Kumari Patnaik's novel of the same name. Sarat Pujari, Prashant Nanda, Sriram Panda, Bhanumati Devi and Dhira Biswal acted in key roles.
Kalpanakumari Devi was an Indian novelist and poet in the Odia language. She won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia literature.
Bijay Mishra was a dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter from India. He was also a mainstream script writer in Odia Cinema & TV Industry. He was a recipient of the State Sahitya Academy Award, Konark Samman (1994) as well as the Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award.
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.
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 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.
Atal Bihari Panda was an Indian actor, playwright and lyricist, known for his works in Sambalpuri odia Cinema. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including two back-to-back Odisha State Film Awards for best actor. His debut in films came at an age of 83 years. Before his debut as an actor in films, he had already written 60 plays. He also wrote lyrics in many Sambalpuri songs.
Biju Babu is a 2019 Indian Odia-language film written and directed by Vishal Mourya and Devi Prasad Lenka and produced by Nila Madhab Panda. It stars Anubhav Mohanty in the lead role. It is the first Odia film produced by Panda.
Gayatribala Panda is an Indian poet, fiction writer and journalist from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Sakuntala Panda was an Indian writer who wrote in Odia language. She was the daughter of a very famous Mathematics teacher, Late Narayana Pati. She published 15 books of poetry, shortstories and travelogues. She also was the founder and editor of Odia women's monthly Sucharita. She was also editor of odia children's monthly Nandanakanan.
Kalira Atita is a 2020 Indian Odia-language family film directed by Nila Madhab Panda, who earlier directed I am Kalam and Jalpari. This movie talks about climate change and its repercussions. The director sent the film to the Academy Awards committee. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia.
Rajendra Kishore Panda is an Indian Odia language poet and novelist. He has published 16 poetry collections. He was awarded the Gangadhar National Award in 2010, and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985. He received Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar for 2020.
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