Oriya Film Industry

Oriya Film Industry or Ollywood refers to the Bhubaneswar based Oriya film industry in India. The origins of that name are disputed, called Ollywood a portmanteau of the words Oriya and Hollywood.

Industry

History

Oriya films have no silent movie like Bengali and Assamese cinema. It started straight way with a talkie. The first Oriya talkie Sita Bibaha was made by Mohan Sunder Deb Goswami in 1936. Drawn from the great Indian epic Ramayana, the story tells about the marriage of Sita with Ram. The actual plot was made from a drama written by Kamapala Mishra. Prepared with a purse of only Rs 30,000, the film has 14 song sequences. Despite it being the first Oriya film with several drawbacks in every section of its making, the two-hour-long movie generated great enthusiasm among the people.Released by Laksmi Talkies, the 12-reeled film had in its cast line Makhanlal Banerjee (Ram) who received only Rs 120 for his performance, Aditya Ballav Mohanty (Lakhsman) who got only Rs 35 as conveyance allowance and Prabhabati Devi (Sita) who was paid the highest amount of Rs 150.This was a landmark film of Oriya Film Industry. [http://orissacinema.com/history.html]

The pace of Oriya film production in the initial years was very slow. After Sita Bibaha, only two films were produced till 1951. A joint consortium of landlords and businessmen who collected fund after 1948 produced those two movies.The 1951 production Roles to Eight was the first Oriya film having an English name. It was released after 15 years of the first Oriya film Sita Bibaha. It was the fourth Oriya film produced by Ratikanta Padhi.The eleventh Oriya film Sri Lokenath was the first Oriya film, which got National Award in 1960 directed by Prafulla Sengupta. [http://orissacinema.com/history.html]

The same year, Prasantha Nanda wan National Award as best actor for the film Nau Bau with his debut film.The name of Prasantha Nanda would always come while dealing with Oriya Film Industry. He was present in Oriya films since 1939, but he became super active only after 1976. Nanda served Oriya Film Industry as an actor, director, screenplay writer, and lyricist and even as a playback singer. Such a versatile genius is quite rare in Indian cinema history. Nanda alone carried Oriya films into the national honor list by winning National Awards for three times in 1960, 1966 and 1969 for his acting in Nua Bou, Matir Manisha and Adina Megha.

Uttam Mohanty, whose debut film Abhiman won accolade, is now the ruling hero of the Oriya Film Industry. His wife Aparajita Mohanty is also a roaring heroine. Actress Nandita Das, who acted in several Hindi movies like Fire, has Oriya origin. She acted in Susanta Misra directed Biswaprakash which won National Award in 2000.

Oriya Film Industry, especially in 1960s and in 1970s, were highly indebted to Bengali films. Several Bengali directors help their Oriya counterparts to help make films. Eminent director Mrinal Sen even directed an Oriya film Matira Manisha which won National Award for best actor Prashanta Nanda.

Cast and Crew

Well-known film personalities of Telugu film industry include,

Actors

Actresses

Producers

Directors

Music Directors

Awards

*Orissa Cine Critics Association Awards-
*Jayadev Award-

Received awards

*National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya
*National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress(1987)-Manjula Kanwar for Bhangala Silata
*National Film Award for Best Child Artist(1994)-Tarasankar Misra for Lavanya Preethi

ee also

* Bollywood
* Kollywood
* Mollywood
* Lollywood
* Hollywood
* Kariwood
* Tollywood
* Cinema of India
*List of Oriya films

References

External links

* [http://www.izeans.com/ollywoodhistory www.izeans.com Oriya Film Industry]
* [http://orissacinema.com orissacinema.com]
* [http://www.welcomeorissa.com/oriya_film_industry.php www.welcomeorissa.com profile]