Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Veteran producer-director Ghanashyam Mohapatra will be awarded the prestigious Jayadev Award as announced along with other 31st State Film Awards for 2019 on November 5.
According to the reports, for the outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Odia cinema, the award is given to a film personality. Director Ghanashyam Mohapatra will be felicitated with a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, a certificate of honour. His first documentary “Maa & Shisu” won Best Documentary Award from the Odisha government in 1975. During 1963–82, he was the first from Odisha to be in the All-India Panel of Film Division, Bombay. In 1974, he ventured into the feature film domain with ‘Kanaklata’, an inspiring tale of realistic cinema.
The report further added that Director Nila Madhab Panda will be awarded the Mohan Sundar Dev Goswami Award with ‘Kalira Atita’ being picked as the Best Film for 2019 and he will also receive the Best Director Award for the film, which had recently been bagged the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia.
Further Saroja Parida and Kabya Kiran will receive the award for best actor and actress respectively for ‘Khusi’ while Aishwarya Mishra has been announced the Best Child Artist for the same movie. Baidyanath Das has been picked as Best Music Director for Nayaka Ra Na Devdas while Arun Mantry will receive the Best Lyrics award for Bhijei Dei Jaa Thare from ‘Bapa Tume Bhari Dusta’.
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