Women in ikat saris, men in kurtas, posing for the cameras. People laughing, greeting each other outside the movie theatre. Amazingly, this was a screening of an Odia film, Phalguna Chaitra, at a ...

Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha Film Directors’ Association (AOFDA) and Odisha Producers Guild (OPG) jointly demanded the ...

About 25 years after 'Raja Harishchandra' and five years after the release of the first Hindi talkie 'Alam Ara', the first Odia film 'Sita Bibaha' was released at Laxmi Talkies in Puri. The indigenous ...

Veteran Odia actor Uttam Mohanty passed away at 66 while undergoing treatment in Gurugram. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other dignitaries mourned his death, calling him a 'guiding star' of ...

BHUBANESWAR: At a special session titled ‘Odia Literature and Odia Cinema: Will the Twain Ever Meet’, award-winning members of the regional film industry Prashanta Nanda, Surya Deo, Himansu Sekhar ...

Explore the Odisha new film policy 2026 aimed at enhancing cultural identity and global recognition for Odia cinema.

Indian independent studio Platoon One Films (Ghaath, Yours Truly) is venturing into Odia cinema with a gentle family drama titled Bindusagar. Directed by Odia filmmaker Abhishek Swain, the film ...

BHUBANESHWAR: Veteran Odia film actress Jharana Das died at her residence here, family sources said on Friday. She was 77. Das, a winner of the state government's prestigious 'Jaydev Puraskar' for her ...

Prominent film historian and critic of Odisha, Surya Deo has lamented the decline of originality in Odia cinema and said this was because it was not based any more on the literature of the state and ...

The makers of the Odia feature Bindusagar have unveiled the film’s first-look teaser, offering an early sense of its music-led, emotionally driven narrative. The film is scheduled for a worldwide ...

Bhubaneswar, Jan.13: People from all walks of life paid tributes to veteran Odia film personality Hara Patnaik, who died at a hospital here today. The 57-year-old actor, who had been battling blood ...

Popular Odia Actor Mihir Das Passes Away At 63, Cremation To Be Held With Full State Honours (Photo Credit – Twitter/Sasmit Patra) Veteran Odia film actor Mihir Das (63) passed away on Tuesday while ...