Manmohan Mahapatra
{{Short description|Indian film director (1951–2020)}}
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| name = Manmohan Mahapatra
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|11|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Khordha, Odisha, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|01|13|1951|11|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
| occupation = Director, writer, producer
| awards = 8 National Film Awards
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Manmohan Mahapatra (10 November 1951 – 13 January 2020){{cite web |title=Noted Odia Film Director Manmohan Mahaptra Passes Away |url=https://kalingatv.com/state/noted-odia-film-director-manmohan-mahaptra-passes-away/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113123237/https://kalingatv.com/state/noted-odia-film-director-manmohan-mahaptra-passes-away/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 January 2020 |website=kalingatv.com |publisher=kalinga tv |accessdate=13 January 2020}} was an Odia filmmaker, director, producer, and writer. He won eight consecutive national film awards for his films Nishita Swapna, Majhi Pahacha, Klanta Aparanha, Neeraba Jhada, Seeta Raati, and Bhinna Samaya, among others.{{cite web |url= http://orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaColumn.asp?id=29224 |title= Orissa: Manmohan Mahapatra the Father of Odia New wave Cinema |date= 17 September 2011 |quote= Mahapatra has the distinct and unique achievement in the Odia Cinema history of winning as many as eight consecutive national film awards. |publisher= orissadiary.com |accessdate= 14 April 2012 }}
His first film Seeta Raati made in 1976 was the first Odia film to be screened at international film festival in 1982.{{cite web |url= http://orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaColumn.asp?id=29089 |title= Film Journalism in Odisha|date= 12 September 2011 |quote= Manmohan Mohapatra made his first film Sitarati in 1976 – It was in 1982 that Manmohan Mohapatra's Sita Rati was screened at an international film festival. It was the first Odia film to get such an honour.|publisher= orissadiary.com|accessdate= 14 April 2012 }}{{cite web |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/nandita-das/recent/3|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140202185547/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/nandita-das/recent/3|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2 February 2014|title= A search for identity in 'Bits and Pieces' |date= 6 July 2011 |quote= Doyen of Odia humanist cinema Mahapatra has made the film in his signature style |work= The Times of India|accessdate= 13 April 2012 }}
On 13 January 2020, Mahapatra died in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar at age 68 after battling prolonged kidney and heart ailments .{{cite web |url=https://updateodisha.com/2020/01/13/filmmaker-manmohan-mohapatra-passes-away-65534/ |title=Filmmaker Manmohan Mohapatra passes away |date=13 January 2020 |accessdate=13 January 2020 |website=Update Odisha}}
Manmohan Mahapatra is the recipient of India's highly prestigious award Padma Shri 2020 for his work in the field of art.{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2020 Announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=197647 |website=pib.gov.in}}{{cite news |author=The Hindu Net Desk |title=Full list of 2020 Padma awardees |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-2020-padma-awardees/article30656841.ece |work=The Hindu |date=26 January 2020 |language=en-IN}}
Filmography
Mahapatra studied film making at the FTII, Pune, and made a first short film Anti-Memoirs (Anti-Memories) in 1975. He made his first full-fledged Odia film Seeta Raati as a director in 1976. It won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia and was screened at international film festival in 1982 — making it the first Odia film to be screened at foreign film festival.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htjsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA271 |title=Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema |author1=Biswal, Santosh Kumar |author2=Kusuma, Krishna Sankar |author3=Mohanty, Sulagna |page=271 |publisher= IGI Global. Copyright |year=2020|isbn=9781799835134 }}{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/82_35thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=14 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814103528/http://www.dff.nic.in/images/Documents/82_35thNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live|page=71}}
He made couple of short films and then directed Neerab Jhada that won him another National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia out of eight consecutive national awards for best feature film in Odia.
He also directed a few Hindi films, notably — Bits and Pieces starring Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, and Dia Mirza.{{cite web |url= http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEntertainmentNews.asp?id=27708 |title= Orissa: Manmohan Mahapatra to direct Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Dia Mirza in film 'Bits and Pieces' |date= 6 July 2011 |publisher= orissadiary.com |accessdate= 14 January 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130307180218/http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEntertainmentNews.asp?id=27708 |archive-date= 7 March 2013 |url-status= dead }}
=As director=
- Anti-Memoirs and Anti-Memories (documentary)
- Seeta Raati
- Voices of Silence (documentary)
- Konrak: The Sun Temple (documentary)
- Neeraba Jhada (feature film)
- Klanta Aparahna (feature film)
- Trisandhya(feature film)
- Majhi Pahacha (feature film)
- Nisiddha Swapna (feature film)
- Kichi Smruti Kichu Anubhuti (feature film)
- Andha Diganta (feature film)
- Vinya Samaya (feature film)
- Agni Veena (feature film)
- Muhurta (feature film)
=As writer=
- Seeta Raati – Bibhuti Pattnaik
- Neerab Jhada – screenplay
- Klanta Aparahna (Odia) – story
- Tired Afternoon – story
- Majhi Pahacaha
- Forbidden Dream
- Bhinna Samaya
- Muhurta – dialogue – screenplay – story – Barendra Dhal
=As producer=
- Forbidden Dream
- Neerab Jhada{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536767/ |title= Manmohan Mahapatra – Filmography |publisher= imdb.com |accessdate= 15 April 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://odiacinemaworld.blogspot.in/p/directors.html|title= Manmohan Mahapatra |publisher= odiacinemaworld.blogspot.in |accessdate= 15 April 2012}}
See also
References
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External
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131214232012/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-14/news-interviews/30515385_1_hindi-film-new-wave-cinema-rahul-bose My next film explores generation clash: Manmohan Mahaptra]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120827053608/http://odiamoviedatabase.wordpress.com/tag/manmohan-mahapatra/ Klanta Aparanha – Story, Screenplay & Direction: Manmohan Mahapatra – National Film Awards – Best Regional Film – Odia (Silver Lotus)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120402000734/http://puri-travel.com/2011/09/orissa-manmohan-mahapatra-the-father-of-odia-new-wave-cinema/ Orissa: Manmohan Mahapatra the Father of Oriya New wave Cinema]
- [http://dff.nic.in/synopsis.asp MANMOHAN POHAPATRA – Director`s Profile]
- [http://www.financialexpress.com/news/bits-n-pieces-mahapatras-introspective-film/229658/ Bits 'N' Pieces: Mahapatra's introspective film]
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