Sriram Panda

{{Short description|Indian actor}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Sriram Panda

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| caption = Sriram Panda

| birth_date = 1954

| yearsactive = 1972–1994

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|screenplay writer|yoga preacher}}

| spouse = Tripura Misra (1976 - present)

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| birth_place = Nabarangpur, Odisha

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Sriram Panda ({{langx|or|ଶ୍ରୀରାମ ପଣ୍ଡା}}, born c. 1954) is an Indian actor, director and a screenplay writer of ollywood industry .hailing from the Nabarangpur district, Odisha, India. He was widely known for his natural acting, gentle dialogue delivery and his discipline. Also he formally known for his dashing look considering him as a replica of the first Indian superstar Rajesh Khanna among the Ollywood industry.

Career

Sriram Panda started his film career in Dhir Biswal's Dharitri directed by Nitai Palit 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 Odisha 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 Munger in Bihar as a Yoga preacher and renamed himself Swami Nitya Chaitanya.Syamahari Chakra. [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008061757460100.htm&date=2008/06/17/&prd=th& A crusader on and off the screen!]. The Hindu. 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/ {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}

Filmography

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!Year!! Film !! Supporting actor/actress !! Director/producer !! Notes

1972

|Prashanta Nanda, Dhir Biswal

|Nitai Palit / Dhir Biswal

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1975

|Banaja Mohanty, Jairam Samal, Hemanta Das shyamalendu

|Trimurty

|

1976

|Banaja Mohanty

|

|Prashanta Nanda, Malvika Roy, Bijay Mohanty, Jairam Samal

|Basant Nayak

|

|Prashanta Nanda, Tripura Misra

|Ganesh Mahapatra Nela Mohapatra

|First technicolor movie in Odia

|Prashanta Nanda, Tripura Misra, Dhir Biswal, Sujata Ananda

|

|Tripura Misra, Saudamini Misra

|Malay Mitra

|

|Priyatama

|Biswajeet Das

|

|Jhilmil

|K.H.D. Rao

|

|Janmadata

|K.H.D. Rao

|

1979

|Subarna Sita

|Tripura Misra

|

1981

|Samay Bada Balawan

|Bijay Mohanty, Uttam Mohanty, Mahasweta Roy, Roja Ramani

|

1982

|Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy, Deepa Sahu

|Prashanta Nanda

|First Cinemascope movie in Odia

|Dekh Khabar Rakh Nazar

|Uttam Mohanty, Sujata

|Kumar Anand

|He played a negative role in this movie

|Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy, Anita Das

|Prashanta Nanda

|First 70mm movie in Odia

|Jaga Balia

|Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy, Bijaya Jena

|Prashanta Nanda

|

|Sankha Sindur

|Uttam Mohanty, Aparajita Mohanty

|Bijoy Bhaskar

|

|Mu Tume O Se

|Sujata Anand

|Kumar Anand

|

1983

|Dora

|Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy

|Prashanta Nanda

|

|Kaberi

|Govind Tej

|Gruha Lakshmi

1984

|Eai Aama Sansar

|

|Sapan Banik

|Dipti Nath

|P.D.Shenoy

|

|Hira Nila

|Prashanta Nanda, Bijaya Jena

|Prashanta Nanda

|

1985

|Badhu Nirupama

|Aparajita Mohanty, Uttam Mohanty, Radha Panda

|Jugal Devta

|

|K.S. Sethumadhavan

|

1986

|Jor Jar Mulak Tar

|Baisali Parida

|Raju Misra

|

1987

|Bhuli Huena

|

|Anyaya Sahibi Nahin

|Uttam Mohanty, Sehnaaz

|

|Micha Mayara Sansar

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|Udaya Sankar Pani

|

|Sankha Mahuri

|Akshya Mohanty/R.G. Gope

|

|Suna Sansar

|Babi, Niharika

|

|Akashara Aakhi

|

|Pankaj Pani

|

1989

|Asuchi Mo Kalia Suna

|

|Raju Misra

|

|Mamata Ra Dori

|Aparajita Mohanty

|Mahamad Mohsin

|

|Puja

|Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy

|Prashanta Nanda

|

|Loot Taraz

|Ranjit, Pratibha Sahu

|Prashanta Nanda

|

1990

|Nyaya Anyaya

|He played a double role

|Hisab Kariba Kalia

|

|Sumant Dey

|

1991

|To Binu Anya Gati Nahi

|

|Mahamad Mohsin

|

|Kandhei

|Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy

|Prashanta Nanda

|

1992

|Ghara Mora Swarga

|Tandra Ray, Mihir Das, Bijay Mohanty

|

1994

Mahua

|Snigdha Mohanty

|Harish Mohanty

|His last movie which got released in 1994

References

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External links

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Category:Living people

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Category:Male actors in Odia cinema

Category:20th-century Indian male actors

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Category:Male actors from Odisha

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