Prashanta Nanda
Prashanta Nanda (born May 2, 1947 in Cuttack ) is an Indian film actor, director and producer of the Oriya film . He has also appeared as a screenwriter, songwriter and playback singer. For the Bharatiya Janata Party he was Minister of State in Orissa .
Life
His film career began in the early 1960s with the Prabhat Mukherjee films Dasyu Ratnakara and Nua Bou . In Mrinal Sens's only Oriya film, Matir Manisha (German performance title Two Brothers ), he played the leading role and gained notoriety. In addition to his acting career, he studied art and law. With Jharana Das as a partner, Nanda was successful in the musical melodrama Adina Megha (1970). Since Bandhan (1969) he has appeared in front of the camera several times for the director Nitai Palit .
In 1975 Prashanta Nanda Byomkesh produced , wrote the screenplay, and also starred Tripathi's film Mamata . He made his directorial debut the following year with Shehsha Shrabana , only the second color film from Orissa. The film is about a fisherman who rescues a Brahmaness from a flood and causes problems in his village because of the difference in castes when he takes her into his hut. Until the mid-1990s, Nanda brought out at least one film a year. These included individual Hindi films and bilingual versions in Oriya and Bengali .
Nanda was involved in party politics in the BJP in Orissa. He was one of the party's deputy chairmen and briefly held the office of Minister of State. After disputes over the political dominance of the Orissan Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ( Biju Janata Dal ) over the coalition party, he left it in August 2007. Nanda is now active in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and its chairman in Orissa.
Filmography
actor
- 1962: Dasyu Ratnakara
- 1962: Nua Bou
- 1964: Jeevana Sathi
- 1964: Nabajanma
- 1966: Matir Manisha
- 1969: Bandhan
- 1970: Adina Megha
- 1972: Dharitri
- 1973: Ghara Sansara
- 1974: Mana Akasha
- 1975: Samaya
- 1975: Mamata
- 1976: Krishna Sudama
- 1976: Sindura Bindu
- 1976: Shesha Shrabana
- 1977: Naga Phasha
- 1977: Paheli
- 1978: Taapoi
- 1978: Balidan
- 1979: Gauri
- 1979: Naiya
- 1980: Maa-o-Mamata
- 1981: Pooja
- 1982: Hisab Nikas
- 1983: Swapna Sagara
- 1984: Dora
- 1984: Jaga Balia
- 1984: Grihasthi
- 1985: Heera Lila
- 1986: Bagula Baguli
- 1986: Paka Kambala Poota Chhata
- 1987: Golamgiri
- 1988: Lal Pan Bibi
- 1989: Jaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu / Nyaya Chakra
- 1990: Kandhei
- 1990: Je Devi Sarba Bhutesu
- 1991: Loot Taraj
- 1992: Maa
- 1993: Ghar Sansar
- 1994: Lal Pan Bibi
- 1994: Emiti Bhai Jagate Nahin
Director
- 1976: Shesha Shrabana
- 1977: Paheli
- 1978: Balidan
- 1979: Naiya
- 1980: Maa-o-Mamata
- 1981: Pooja
- 1982: Hisab Nikas
- 1983: Swapna Sagara
- 1984: Dora
- 1984: Jaga Balia
- 1984: Grihasthi
- 1985: Heera Lila
- 1986: Bagula Baguli
- 1986: Paka Kambala Poota Chhata
- 1987: Golamgiri
- 1988: Lal Pan Bibi
- 1989: Jaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu / Nyaya Chakra
- 1992: Maa
- 1993: Ghar Sansar
- 1994: Lal Pan Bibi
- 1996: Tridhara
- 1999: Krishna Kaberi
- 2004: Akrosh
- 2007: Kalishankar
- 2007: Bandhu
- 2008: Jianta Bhoota
Web links
- Prashanta Nanda in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- profile gomolo.in
- profile citwf.com
- Prashanta Nanda on the side of the Orissa Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prasant Nanda; The Artitech of Morden Oriya Film Industry ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ hindu.com
- ↑ orissauncensored.com ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Prashanta Nanda. In: Two thousand and one lexicon of international film
- ↑ orissatimes.net ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ odisha.in ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ hindu.com
- ↑ ncp.org.in ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ to 1994 from Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 160; there are also different information, including Dasyu Ratnakara 1959 and Nua Bou 1960
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nanda, Prashanta |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nanda, Prasant; Nanda Prasanta; Nanda, Prashant |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film actor, director and producer of the Oriya film; Politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cutack |