Anita Das (1 October 1953 – 11 May 2018) was an Indian film and television actress in
Odia cinema
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.
Industry
In 1974, th ...
. She received three
Odisha State Film Awards
The Odisha State Film Awards have been conferred by the Department of Culture of the Government of Odisha, India.
The awards were initiated in 1968. The awards are decided by independent juries formed by the Department of Culture. The jury ...
during her career. Das died of cardiac arrest which resulted from a heart attack on 11 May 2018 at the age of 64.
Career
Anita Das made her acting debut in 1975, in the Odia film, ''
Jajabara
''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). It stars Sriram Panda, Banaja Mohanty ...
'' where she played the lead role. She predominantly appeared in more than a hundred movies since then, mostly in supporting roles as a mother. She was quite popular for essaying the role of mother in most of her films after the 1980s.
Das received the Odisha State Film Award (Best Actress) for her acting in the film, ''Tapasya'' in 1980 and also received the prestigious award again for her lead role in the 1983 film, ''Bhakta Salabeg''. She also won the Odisha State Film Award for Best supporting actress in 1987 for her performance in the film, ''Eai Ta Dunia''.
Death
On 10 May 2018, Das was reportedly complaining about her health conditions to her nephew
Akash Dasnayak
Akash Dasnayak (born 17 September 1981), popularly known by the film industry name Akash, is an Odia language, Odia film actor and politician known for doing action-oriented movies. He was also the MLA of Korei (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency ...
. She was suffering from vomiting and with heart and chest pains on Thursday night before going to sleep. Das was found dead the next day after Dasnayak rushed to call a doctor to consult her for treatments.
Filmography
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1951 births
2018 deaths
Actresses in Odia cinema
Actresses from Odisha
Indian film actresses
Odia people
21st-century Indian actresses