Sriram Panda ( or, ଶ୍ରୀରାମ ପଣ୍ଡା, born c. 1954) is an Indian Odia actor, director and a screenplay writer hailing from the

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district,

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Career

Sriram Panda started his film career in Dhir Biswal's '' Dharitri'' directed by

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in 1972, which was a success. In 1975 he starred in the lead role of Jajabara directed by Trimurti which was a huge hit & is still regarded as one of the classic films to be ever made in Odia film industry. A coloured version of Jajabara was later released which garnered high popularity among the masses. In 1976 he starred in 6 films 4 of which were commercially successful. He emerged as Superstar of

in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1992, at the peak of his career, he quit the film industry to join the Bihar School of Yoga at

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as a

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preacher and renamed himself ''Swami Nitya Chaitanya''.''Syamahari Chakra''
A crusader on and off the screen!

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. Accessed 17 June 2008 He wrote, directed, and produced the movie ''Kurukshetra'' (1988).http://www.fullodisha.com/view/3926/sriram-panda-swami-nitya-chaitanya-otv-interview/

Filmography

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* Living people Ollywood Male actors in Odia cinema 20th-century Indian male actors 1954 births Male actors from Odisha {{India-actor-stub