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The '''Odia film industry''', colloquially known as '''Ollywood''', is the [[Odia language]] [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]], based in [[Bhubaneshwar]] and [[Cuttack]] in [[Odisha]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2013/apr/engpdf/55-59.pdf|title=The New Capital at Bhubaneswar|publisher=[[Government of Odisha]]|access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2020/jun/25/first-archives-for-odia-films-soon-2160999.html|title=First archives for Odia films soon|publisher=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=25 June 2020|access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> The name Ollywood is a [[portmanteau]] of the words [[Odia language|Odia]] and [[Hollywood-inspired names|Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.fullodisha.com/ |title=History Of Oriya Film Industry |publisher=www.fullorissa.com |access-date=23 October 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140329005828/http://movies.fullodisha.com/ |archive-date=29 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Industry==
In 1974, the [[Government of Odisha]] declared film making and construction of cinema theatres as an industry in the state,<ref>{{cite web |title=Position of Oriya Film Industry |url=http://dff.nic.in/Position-of-Oriya-Film-Industry.asp |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] }}</ref> and in 1976 it established the [[Odisha Film Development Corporation]] in [[Cuttack]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Nanda|first=Jayanta K.|title=Industrial Development|year=2001|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-8176252539|page=146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfi2P9pz2RkC&q=Orissa%20Film%20Development%20Corporation&pg=PA124}}</ref>

==History==
Odisha has a history of filmmaking, starting from 1936. The  first Odia film is ''[[Sita Bibaha]]'', made by [[Mohan Sundar Deb Goswami]] in 1936. Drawn from the Indian epic ''[[Ramayana]]'', the story is about the marriage of [[Sita]] and [[Rama|Ram]]. The film plot was made from a drama written by Kamapala Mishra. Prepared with a budget of only Rs 30,000, the film has 14 song sequences. Despite it being the first Odia film with several drawbacks in every section of its making, the two-hour-long movie generated great enthusiasm among the people. It was released in Laksmi Talkies, [[Puri]]. The 12-reeled film had in its cast Makhanlal Banerjee (Ram), who received only Rs 120 for his performance, Aditya Ballav Mohanty (Lakhsman), who got only Rs 35 as conveyance allowance, and Prabati Devi (Sita), who was paid the highest amount of Rs 150. This was a landmark film of the Odia film Industry.<ref Name=oc>{{cite web|url=http://orissacinema.com/history.html |title=Orissa Cinema :: History of Orissa Cinema, Chronology of Orissa Films |publisher=orissacinema.com |access-date=23 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705050243/http://www.orissacinema.com/history.html |archive-date=5 July 2008 }}
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The pace of Odia film production in the initial years was very slow. After ''Sita Bibaha'', only two films were produced until 1951. A joint consortium of landlords and businessmen who collected funds after 1948 produced those two movies. The 1951 production ''Roles Two Eight'' was the first Odia film with an English name. It was released 15 years after the first Odia film, ''Sita Bibaha''. It was the fourth Odia film produced by Ratikant Padhi.

The eleventh Odia film, ''[[Sri Lokanath]]'', was directed by Prafulla Sengupta and received the National Award in 1960.<ref Name=oc/>

The same year, [[Prashanta Nanda|Prasanta Nanda]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia]] for his debut film, ''[[Nua Bou]]''. His name would always be synonymous with the Odia film industry. He was present in Odia films since 1959, but he became very active only after 1976. Nanda was an actor, director, screenplay writer, lyricist and  playback singer. Nanda won National Awards three times, in 1960, 1966 and 1969 for his acting in ''[[Nua Bou]]'', ''[[Matir Manisha]]'' and ''[[Adina Megha]]''.

[[Mohammad Mohsin]] started the revolution in the Odia film industry by not only securing the essence of the Odia culture but also changing the way the film industry watched Odia movies. ''Phoola Chandana'' was written by Ananda Sankar Das. He belongs to [[Cuttack]]. His movies heralded the golden era of the Odia film industry by bringing in freshness to Odia movies. His directorial debut was ''Phoola Chandana'' for which he won the [[Odisha State Film Award for Best Director]]. He had to his credit 16 box office successful movies in his directorial stint. He started as an actor in character roles and gave household names like Raaka to [[Odisha]].

Amiya Ranjan Patnaik, who started his career directing ''Mamata Mage Mula'', changed the dimension of the Odia film industry by producing big budget movies with multiple star casts, which was a new trend at that time. He introduced many newcomers, musicians, technicians and singers from [[Mumbai]] and [[Chennai]]. He also produced the National Award-winning film ''Hakim Babu'' in 1985, directed by Pranab Das. His film ''Pua Mora Kala Thakura'', directed by Raju Mishra, was one of the biggest successes in the Odia film industry, followed by ''Chaka Aakhi Sabu Dekhuchi'' and ''Asuchi Mo Kalia Suna''. He frequently collaborated with Raju Mishra, [[Akshaya Mohanty]], [[Bijay Mohanty]] and [[Uttam Mohanty]]. He started the trend of producing trilingual films in the Odia film industry. ''Raja Rani'', ''Paradeshi Babu'' and ''Parimahal'' were made in Odia, Bengali and Bangladeshi. He made a comeback as a director and made [[Tulasi Apa]] produced by his son Anupam Patnaik. [[Tulasi Apa]] was a critical success within many international festivals. This was the first biopic of Odisha based on Padmashree [[Tulasi Munda]].

[[Uttam Mohanty]], whose debut film ''Abhiman'' won accolades, was very successful in the 1980s. His wife [[Aparajita Mohanty]] is also an actress.  Critics have named [[Bijay Mohanty]] and [[Mihir Das]] to be two of the best Odia actors so far 80'and 90's. In 1990s [[Siddhanta Mahapatra]], a new generation star,with his action and comedy movies gave national recognition to odiya industry. Actress [[Nandita Das]], who acted in several Hindi movies like ''Fire,'' has an Odia origin. She acted in the Susanta Misra-directed ''[[Biswaprakash]]'', which won a National Award in 2000.[[Barsha Priyadarshini]] is also another successful actress in the millennium era of Odia cinema. Anubhab Mohanty is a well-known name in Ollywood, famous for his action and romantic movies.
Mrinal Sen directed an Odia film, Matira Manisha, which won a [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia]] to Prashanta Nanda. ''[[Sita Bibaha]]'' is one of the  movie in Odia Cinema made in 1936 which is almost nearer to the 1st Indian talkie cinema "Alam Ara" made in 1930.

== Notable people ==
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===Actors===
{{see also|List of actors from Odisha}}
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* [[Bijay Mohanty]]
* [[Uttam Mohanty]]
* [[Siddhanta Mahapatra]]
* [[Anubhav Mohanty]]
* [[Babushan Mohanty]]
* [[Akash Das Nayak]]
* [[Samaresh Routray]]
* [[Sritam Das]]
* [[Dukhiram Swain]]
* [[Jayiram Samal]]
* [[Mihir Das]]
* [[Hara Patnaik]]
* [[Kuna Tripathy]]
* [[Papu Pam Pam]]
* [[Harihara Mahapatra]]
* [[Prasanta Nanda]]
* [[Sabyasachi Mishra]]
* [[Sadhu Meher]]
* [[Sarat Pujari]]
* [[Arindom]]
* [[Sriram Panda]]
* [[Rabi Mishra]]
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===Actresses===
{{see also|List of actresses from Odisha}}
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* [[Anu Chowdhury]]
* [[Aparajita Mohanty]]
* [[Archita Sahu]] 
* [[Barsha Priyadarshini]]
* [[Bhanumati Devi]]
* [[Bhoomika Dash]] 
* [[Elina Samantray]]
* [[Mahasweta Ray]]
* [[Naina Das]]
* [[Nandita Das]]
* [[Prakruti Mishra]]
* [[Rachana Banerjee]]
* [[Riya Dey]]
* [[Tandra Ray]]
* [[Tamanna Vyas]] 
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===Directors===
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* [[Manmohan Mahapatra]]
* [[Ashok Pati]]
* [[Bijaya Jena]]
* [[Biswanath Rath]]
* [[Chittaranjan Tripathy]]
* [[Hara Patnaik]]
* [[Mohammad Mohsin]]
* [[Nila Madhab Panda]]
* [[Nirad N. Mohapatra]]
* [[Mehmood Hussain]]
* [[Prashant Nanda]]
* [[Ravi Kinagi]]
* [[Sabyasachi Mohapatra]]
* [[Sanjay Nayak]]
* [[Sisir Mishra]]
* [[Susant Mani]]
* [[Raju Mishra]]
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===Music directors===
* [[Akshaya Mohanty]]
* [[Prafulla Kar]]
* [[Bhubaneswar Mishra]]
* [[Balakrushna Das]]
* [[Upendra Kumar]]
* [[Sarat Nayak]]
* [[Prem Anand]]
* [[Goodli Rath]]
* [[Abhijit Majumdar]]

===Screenwriters===
* [[Subodh Patnaik]]

===Singers===
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* [[Aarti Mukherjee]]
* [[Akshaya Mohanty]]
* [[Bhikari Bal]]
* [[Ananya Nanda]]
* [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
* [[Babul Supriyo]]
* [[Babushan]]
* [[Balakrushna Das]]
* [[Biswajit Mohapatra]]
* [[Diptirekha Padhi]]
* [[Humane Sagar]] 
* [[Kuldeep]]
* [[Krishna Beura]]
* [[Mohammad Aziz]]
* [[Prafulla Kar]] 
* [[Rituraj Mohanty]]
* [[S. Janaki]]
* [[Sarbeswar Bhoi]]
* [[Sohini Mishra]]
* [[Suresh Wadkar]]
* [[Udit Narayan]]
* [[Vani Jairam]]
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=== Art directors ===
* [[Asim Basu]]
* [[Nikhil Baran Sengupta]]

==Awards==
* [[Odisha State Film Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.odishanewstimes.com/2018/09/05/for-29th-odisha-state-film-awards-only-eighteen-main-stream-film-has-been-entered-in-competition/|title=For 29th Odisha state Film Awards only Eighteen main stream [sic&#93; film has been entered for competition|last=Palit|first=Ashok|website=Odisha News Times|language=en-US|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref>
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishatv.in/odisha/body-slider/national-film-awards-hello-arsi-best-odia-feature-film-288182|title=National Film Awards: 'Hello Arsi' best Odia feature film|date=13 April 2018|language=en-US|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref>
* [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] (1987) - [[Manjula Kanwar]] for  ''Bhanga Silata''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm34ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=34NFA.pdf |title=34th National Film Awards – 1987 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=5 July 2013 |page=29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017014114/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm34ndNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=34NFA.pdf |archive-date=17 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist]] (1994) - Tarasankar Misra for ''Lavanya Preethi''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/national-film-best-child-artist-565.html|title=National Film Best Child Artist Award – Silver Lotus Award For Best Child Artist|website=www.awardsandshows.com|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref>
* [[Filmfare Awards East]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/regional-cinema-filmfare-awards-east-2018-bishorjon-mayurakshi-crown-as-best-films-428651|title=Filmfare Awards East 2018: Bishorjon, Mayurakshi named Best films|date=19 February 2018|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/289626|title=Jaya returns from Bangladesh to attend Jio Filmfare Awards East 2018|website=Daily Sun|language=en|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Oriya films]]

== Citations ==
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== General sources ==
* {{cite book|title=Oriya Chalachitrara Itihas |first=Kartick Kumar |last=Ghosh |publisher=Odisha Book Store |year=1984}} Contains information on films from 1934 to 1984.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130307180248/http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEntertainmentNews.asp?id=27464 Orissa: Seventy-Five Years of Oriya Cinema]
* https://archive.today/20130624210753/http://www.odishaglitz.com/events-news/ups-and-downs-in-odia-cinema-telaram-meher-phd-research-scholar.html
* https://archive.today/20130624210811/http://www.odishaglitz.com/events-news/ufo-theatre-list-in-odisha.html

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