Name the veteran National Award winner Odia Filmmaker, known as Father of New Wave Odia Cinema, who passed away recently.

2023

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Name the veteran National Award winner Odia Filmmaker, known as ‘Father of New Wave Odia Cinema’, who passed away recently.

A	Pranab Mukerjee
B	Both A and B
C	Manmohan Mohapatra
D	None

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -8-time National Award winner Manmohan Mohapatra passes away; Naveen Patnaik pays tribute. Mohapatra’s first film ‘Sita Rati’ as a director in 1976 won him the National Award for the Best Feature Film in Odia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Let’s celebrate 84 years of #OdiaCinema. Sita Vivah, The first ever odia film ever made, by the father of odia cinema, mohan sundar deb goswami. Released in the year 1936, at Puri’s Lakshmi talkies, the film still lives in the heart of Odia Cinema.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sri Lokanath is a 1960 Indian Odia-language film directed by Prafulla Sengupta and based on a story by Aswini Kumar Ghosh. This Indian socio-fantasy film won a National Film Award in 1960, and was the 11th Odia film produced under Ruprang Pvt. Ltd. It was the first Odia film to receive a National Award.

Detailed explanation-4: -Authored by Odisha’s eminent film historian Surya Deo, “Kali Paain Kalira Cinema” won Best Book on Cinema (special mention) at the 68th National Film Awards announced by the I&B Ministry on Friday. Deo was honoured with the prestigious award for his work ‘Kali Paain Kalira Cinema’.

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