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Adina Megha
''Adina Megha'' (1970), (English: ''The Unwanted Cloud'') is a classic Odia film directed by Amit Maitra. Cast * Prashanta Nanda - Suresh * Jharana Das - Champak * Sandhya * Bhanumati Devi * Dukhiram Swain Dukhiram Swain (died 18 January 1995) was an Indian film and television actor. He was one of the most popular villains in Odia cinema and played a variety of roles most notably as the antagonist in many Odia films and various roles in television ... * Niranjan * Geeta * Sagar * Janaki Songs References External links * * Review of ''Adina Megha'' in www.mcomet.com 1970 films 1970s Odia-language films 1970 drama films Indian drama films {{Odia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Maitra
Amit is a male given name of Indian or Hebrew origin. In Hindi, Amit ( hi, अमित, means "infinite" or "boundless", bn, অমিত) originates from the Sanskrit word ' (अमित:), ' (अमित:) essentially is the negation of ' (मित), which means "to measure". In Hebrew, Amit ( he, עמית) means "friend", "colleague" or "member of the organization". The word appears in the Bible twelve times, mostly in Leviticus. Though traditionally a common male name, it is being increasingly used as a female name in Israel. Nevertheless, it is still among the most popular names given to Jewish boys in Israel.But till date it has not been recognised as a Jew name by many Rabbis and Religious Leaders Given name * Amit Behl (born 1955), Indian television actor * Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player * Amit Bhadana (born 1994), Indian comedy YouTuber * Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), Indian novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer and music composer * Amit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhanumati Devi
Bhanumati Devi (15 May 1934 – 4 January 2013) was a Burmese-born Indian film and theater actress. Devi was born in British Burma on 15 May 1934. She moved to Puri, Odisha, India, with her Indian family following World War II. Devi began acting in the theater in 1942 when she was just seven years old. Some of her best reviewed stage roles were in ''Lakhye Hira'' and ''Napahu Rati Namaru Pati’''. Devi appeared at the Annapurna Theatre in Cuttack for more than forty years. She made her film debut in 1954 in '' Amari Gann Jhia'' when she was nineteen years old. She was especially active in the Cinema of Odisha during the 1950s and 1960s. Devi's was cast in a lead role in more than a dozen Indian films. Some of her most prominent roles include her character, Harabou, in the 1966 Odia film, '' Matira Manisha'', for which she won a National Film Award. Her last film was '' Jaydeb'', which was released in 1986. Devi was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from the Sangeet N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Odia-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Films
The year 1970 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, effectively ending his career. * February 11 - '' The Magic Christian'', starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), is released on Apple Records. * March 12 - Film debut of Ornella Muti in ''La moglie più bella'' (The Most Beautiful Wife) 3 days after her 15th birthday.IMDB * March 17 - The controversial film '' The Boys in the Band'', directed by William Friedkin and based on Mart Crowley's hit off-Broadway play, opens in theaters. * October 24 - Joan Crawford's final film, the low-budget horror picture ''Trog'', opens in theaters. * December 1 - ''Yousuf Khan Sher Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balakrushna Dash
Sangeeta Sudhakara Balakrushna Dash () was a veteran Guru of Odissi music. One of the chief disciples of the legend Pt Gokul Chandra Srichandan of Kendrapada, Dash worked variously as a vocalist, composer and music director. He received the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1975-76 for Odissi Vocal. He was an Odissi classical music teacher in the GKCM Odissi Research Centre. Balakrushna Dash started his music career as a singer of Odissi classical music (Odissi, Chhanda, Champu and other facets) at AIR, Calcutta in the year 1944. Later he started working as music director in films. His first film as a music director was '' Kedar Gouri'' in 1954. He directed music in 20 films and hundreds of non-film albums including Odissi, Drama, Theatre and music programs for the AIR, Cuttack. Among his illustrious disciples are Shyamamani Devi and Ramhari Das. See also * Odissi music * Mardala * Gita Govinda The ''Gita Govinda'' ( sa, गीत गोविन्दम्; ) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipra Bose
Sipra Bose (9 November 1945 – 22 April 2008) was a noted singer in the Hindustani classical music tradition from Kolkata, India. She is noted for her rendering of light classical (''Ragpradhan'') songs in Bengali. Some of her notable songs in Classical are BINI SUTOY GANTHA MALA , ASI BOLE KANO, MON NA CHAILE, GANE GANE KEA GHUM, PRIYO TOMO KHOLO, JAO BHULE E ABHIMAN , JAMUNA KI BOLTE PARE etc . Latest hit albums like SUR SMARANE & BINI SUTOY GANTHA MALA. She is more famous and popular and remembered by Bengali people because of her Bengali Modern Song . All the songs made a hit in that time and they are still remembered and sung by various artists in various programs. Some of her notable songs like AMARO BADOLO DIN, MONER DUAR KHULE KEA, BHALO BESHE BATHA SOHIBO, AHA MON KAMUN, O BASHI JANE , AHA KEA RANGO KORE GALO, E BHANGA BASANTA BELAY, AMAR SADA RONG TA NAO, OGO RIDHOY RATAN, KACHE ASAR MOTO, AMAR KOBAR MORON, SONO KOTHA AJI RATE, BATHA KICHU CHILO NA, AMI SUNECHI TAR CHA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirmala Mishra
Nirmala Mishra (21 October 1938 – 31 July 2022) was an Indian singer of predominantly Bengali and Odia film songs. She also sang popular Assamese songs, most notably "Ki Naam di Matin". She was a recipient of the Sangeet Sudhakar Balakrushna Das Award as an honour for her lifetime contribution to Odia music. Early life and family Mishra was born in Majilpur, as the daughter of Pandit Mohinimohana Mishra and Bhabani Devi on the eve of Durga Saptami. Later for her father's job, her family settled down in Chetla of Kolkata. There was a musical environment in her family. Father Pandit Mohinimohan Mishra and elder brother Murarimohan Mishra, both were famous singers. Her family title was Bandopadhyay (Banerjee). Later her family was awarded the title of 'Mishra'. Her father was also awarded the titles of 'Pandit', 'Sangitratna', and 'Sangitnayak' on behalf of 'Kashi Sangit Samaj'. Career Music director Balakrushna Das gave her a chance to sing a song in 1960 for the first ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akshaya Mohanty
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. Life history Early life Mohanty was born to Bichitrananda Mohanty and Subarna Manjari Mohanty at Cuttack on 12 October 1936. Mohanty had no formal training in music. At the age of 22 in 1956, he joined Government services in his home city Cuttack, but quit after seven years in 1963. He became an approved lyricist in All India Radio, Cuttack in 1956. By 1959 he became an approved composer in All India Radio. Family He was married to Prabina Mohanty in 1967. He has two sons and two daughters. His son Chitrabhanu Mohanty is a stage singer. Career Akshaya recorded his first song ''Gadiala Bhai Dharichhi Sura Re'' in 50s. His first song as a playback singer was ''Gori Gori Gori'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narayan Prasad Singh
Narayan or Narayana may refer to: People * Narayan (name), a common Indian name (including a list of persons with this and related names) * Narayan (actor), an Indian film actor * Narayan (writer), Indian writer * Narayana Pandit, Indian mathematician Media and entertainment *''Narayan'', a song by The Prodigy on their album '' The Fat of the Land'' *Narayan, age in the video game '' Myst III: Exile'' *Narayan, lead character of the 2005 film ''Water'' Religion *Narayana, a major Vedic god * another name of the Hindu god Vishnu Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ..., who is claimed to reside in Bhavsagar on a gigantic five headed snake named Sheshnaag. Narayan is also used in the following pairs: ** Nara-Narayana means human and god ** Lakshmi Narayan means Naray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niranjan
Niranjana (), also rendered Niranjan, is an epithet in Hinduism. It is a title of Krishna according to the Bhagavad Gita, and is also an epithet of Shiva. Etymology Niranjan in Sanskrit means the one without blemishes or the one who is spotless and pure. ''Nih'' means ''not'' and ''Anjana'' means black colouring matter. Description *Niranjan means the lord of the three worlds, the physical, the astral and the causal and according to the Bhagavad Gita. *The saint Kabir described God as Niranjan. Niranjan means is translated as without collyrium, or the spotless or immaculate God, and it is used to address Rama. *It is also 52nd name of the 108 names of Krishna as it appears in the ''Sri Krishna Ashtottara Shatanama Stotra''. *In Dvadasha stotra, composed by Jagadguru Madhvacharya, the word ''Niranjan'' is explained as one the quality of Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandhya (Oriya Actress)
Sandhya may refer to: Hinduism * Another name of Saranyu, goddess of clouds List of people with the given name Sandhya *B. Sandhya (born 1963), Inspector General of Kerala Police in India *Sandhya Agarwal (born 1963), former captain of the Indian women's cricket team * Sandhya Dwarkadas, Indian computer scientist *Sandhya Mazumdar, Indian test cricketer *Sandhya Menon, American young adult fiction author *Sandhya Mukhopadhyay (born 1931), Indian singer and musician specializing in Bengali music *Sandhya Sanjana, Indian jazz/funk/rock singer * Sandhya Shantaram, Indian actress of the 1950s, wife of V. Shantaram *Sandhya (actress) (born 1988), Indian actress in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films, active 2004-present *Sandhya Mridul (born 1975), Indian actress in Bollywood films, active 1993-present * Sandhya Roy, actress in the Bengali language film industry, active 60s, 70s, and 80s * Sandhya Kumari, Sri Lankan actress, active 1963–1977 Historic * Sandhya, a 13th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |