Mohammad Mohsin called popularly as ''Mohsin'' was an Odia actor, director and producer. In his movie career spanning more than 30 years across

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and

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, he has acted and directed in many commercially successful movies. Mohsin made his first

debut in the movie ''

Naiyya ''Naiyya'' is 1979 Hindi language drama movie directed by Prashanta Nanda and starring Prashanta Nanda himself and Zarina Wahab. Naiyya is a remake of the successful Odia language movie '' Shesha Shrabana''. The Odia movie is also directed by P ...

'', in which he played the character of Karim. ''Naiyya'' was produced and distributed by

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, which was a remake of Odia movie '' Shesha Shrabana'', in which Mohsin played the character of a boat maker. After working for a couple of years in

, Mohsin stepped in the acting scene of Odia film industry. In his initial days as an actor some of the characters which made Mohsin a favourite amongst movie goers were Bagha in ''

Hisab Nikas ''Hisab Nikas'' is an Odia film was released in 1982. It was produced, directed and written by Prashant Nanda and music was arranged by Prafulla Kar. The movie featured Prashant Nanda, Sriram Panda, Mahasweta Roy, Jharana Das, Biren Routra ...

'', Raka in ''Maa-o-Mamata'' (1980), Mohsin played a school teacher who turns into a social reformist in the movie ''Balidan'' (1978). Mohsin's first directorial debut was with Odia movie, ''Phula Chandana'' (1982). Mohsin won

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for Best Director Best Director in the year 1982 for ''Phula Chandana''.

Early life and background

Mohammad Mohsin was born in

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, his schooling was in Sayeed Seminary High School, Cuttack, and completed his Bachelor in Arts from

Ravenshaw College Ravenshaw University, formerly known as Ravenshaw college, is a co-educational state university situated in Cuttack, Odisha on the eastern coast of India. Founded as Ravenshaw College in 1868, the institution became a university in 2006. The u ...

, Cuttack. Mohsin's passion for arts and drama caught him early from college and he contested and was elected as secretary of the Dramatic Society of

. He continued his passion towards drama and theatre by performing in

Annapurna Theatre Annapurna Theatre is the pioneer of Odia Theatre Company. Formation In 1933, Somnath Das formed Jayadurga Natya Mandali, an opera party in Khandualkote village in the undivided Puri district. A couple of years later, the organizers decided to ...

, Cuttack. Mohsin continued his contribution to the Odia film industry by helping

Prashanta Nanda Prashanta Nanda (born 2 May 1947) is an Indian director, actor and politician from the state of Odisha. Actor-director duo Siddhanta Mahapatra and Prashanta Nanda Given 8 all time blockbuster Movies to Ollywood. He is currently a Member of Parl ...

as an assistant director. From there, Mohsin in the Odia film industry was marked in the field of acting, direction, story, screenplay, dialogue and as a producer. Mohsin has acted in more than 14 movies, and directed in 16 movies. Mohsin's most notable movies were ''Phoola Chandana'' (1982), ''Danda Balunga'' (1980), ''Jaga Hatare Pagha'' (1985), ''Sahari Bagha'' (1985), ''Laxman Rekha'' (1996), and ''Santana'' (1998). Mohsin as Anthony in Mamata ra Dori

Mohammad Mohsin as Nitei in Bidhir Bidhan

Mohammad Mohsin on the sets of Sahari Bagha

Filmography

Actor

Director

External links

Cinema of Odisha 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, the ...

List of Odia-language films This is a list of films produced in Cinema of Odisha in the Odia language. 1936–1959 * List of Ollywood films of 1936 * List of Ollywood films of 1949 * List of Ollywood films of 1950 * List of Ollywood films of 1951 * List of Ollywood ...

* https://www.moviebuff.com/mohammad-mohsin * https://odishanewsinsight.com/events/10-things-to-know-about-olden-days-of-odia-film-industry/ * https://www.gktoday.in/question/who-is-the-director-of-the-odia-movie-phula-chanda * https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2015/jan/16/Void-in-Villainy-Hara-Patnaik-705753.html * http://www.odishahistory.com/odia_film.html * http://jajabara.com/odia-cast-Mohammad-Mohsin-Odisha274Cshwn99bs1s * http://www.orissacinema.com/history/list_of_oriya_films.html * https://www.mycitylinks.in/lord-jagannath-s-unwavering-influence-on-ollywood * http://www.parouse.com/php/SummaryGet.php?FindGo=Oriya_film_industry * https://www.odishanewstimes.com/2020/08/24/monsoon-sonata-odia-film-sesa-srabana-the-last-monsoon-1976/

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohsin, Mohammed 1942 births 2003 deaths Male actors from Odisha Film directors from Odisha Film producers from Odisha