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The 1963 Odia film, Jayadeb, directed by Byomkesh Tripathi and Shiba Bhataracharya, explores the life of Jayadeb, a celebrated Sanskrit poet and lyricist born in Odisha.
Shri Shri Patitapaban is a Odia movie directed by Sukumar Ganguly. It was released in 1962.
Dasyu Ratnakar is the first Odia film made in partially colour. The film stars Sarat Pujari in the title role and was produced by Kabiraj Krushnachandra Tripathy Sharma under the banner of Utkal Chalachitra Pratisthan.
Mahalakshmi Puja is the tale of Goddess Lakshmi leaving the temple to teach brothers Mahaprabhu Jagannath and Balabhadra a lesson.
Kedar Gouri marks the debut of an Odia director in the Odia film industry, with Manoranjan Das co-directing the movie alongside Nitai Palit.
Sree Jagannath was released in 1950. The story was based on ‘Deula Tola’ (temple making) by Balaram Das, one of the Panchasakhas from medieval Odisha, dramatist Ashwin Kumar Ghosh’s Bengali drama ‘Purir Mandir’ and its Odia version ‘Sri Mandira’ respectively.
Lalita is the second Odia movie. Also the first Odia movie released post independence after a span of twelve years from the first Odia movie, Sita Bibaha. Makhanlal Banerjee (who played Bhagwan Ram) was the lead in the first Odia movie while his wife Uma Banerjee played lead in the second Odia movie Lalita.
Sita Bibaha is the first Odia film. Released in 1936, Sita Bibaha was directed and produced by Mohan Sundar Deb Goswami. It presented the marriage of Bhagwan Rama to Mata Sita, based on the epic story of Ramayana.
