Sabyasachi Mohapatra (born 27 August 1950 in Lehedi, India) is an Indian film director, writer, and producer in

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. He owns a production house named ''Mohapatra Movie Magic''.

Career

Mohapatra made his directorial debut in film Bhukha in

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that won International Jury award at Gijon Film festival in

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. His movie

Jai Jagannatha ''Jai Jagannatha'' is a 2007 Indian Hindu mythological film directed by Sabyasachi Mohapatra, released in 15 languages. Besides Odia and Hindi, it's dubbed versions were released in English, Bengali, Assamese, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri, Rajast ...

released in 2006, a mythological film, was a mega-budget released in 15 different Indian languages. After 25 years, director Sabyasachi Mohapatra is back with Sala Budha in 2012. The film is based on a novel by renowned author Kapilesh Prasad Mohapatra (his father),the film was screened at the

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of in

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in 2013 and the film won seven awards, including the best actor award, at the

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. He directed another

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film

Aadim Vichar ''Aadim Vichar'' (English: ''The Ancient Justice'') is a 2014 Indian Sambalpuri language drama film directed by Sabyasachi Mohapatra. The film won 62nd National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia and is a sequel to the 2012 movie " Sala ...

released in 2014 and the film won

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in Best Feature Film in Odia and also won Best director and Best actor award at 26th Odisha State Film Awards. In 2015,he worked on his next project ' Pahada Ra Luha' and which earned him back-to-back National Film Awards. The film won Best Feature Film in Odia at

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in 2015.

Filmography

Awards

* Ganakabi Samman awarded by Ganakabi Baishnab Pani Jayanti Committee in 2017. * International Jury award *

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* Sambhabana Oriya cinema award

References

External links

* 1950 births Living people People from Subarnapur district Odia film directors Odia film producers Odia screenwriters Film producers from Odisha Film directors from Odisha 20th-century Indian film directors 21st-century Indian film directors {{India-film-director-stub