Tag: Kalinga Studio

Bhubaneswar: In a move that could possibly infuse new life to the Odia film industry, Odisha government on Monday constituted a Ministerial Committee. Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera will head the panel which will submit its report to the State government within a month. The decision to form the committee was taken at a meeting […]

Bhubaneswar: Thanks to an unprecedented controversy following the letter of Sports and Youth Affairs Department, the spotlight is now back on ‘Kalinga Studios’ which had played an important role in the development of Odia film industry. Odisha’s first and sole film studio, the Kalinga Studios’ present state of affairs – from rotting equipment and dilapidated […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after coming under direct attack over proposed plans of Sports and Youth Affairs department to construct a sports complex on Kalinga Studio land, efforts are now on by the State government to settle the controversy down. Odisha Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister, Prafulla Samal on Monday made an all-out effort […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Government’s proposed plan to create a sports complex on the unused land at the State’s only movie making facility – Kalinga Studio has sparked a controversy. Sports and Youth Services department secretary Vishal Dev on Thursday wrote a letter to the General Administration for developing a sports complex inside the film studio […]

Bhubaneswar: This year marks the 90th anniversary of filmmaking in what is now called Odisha and isn’t it time to revive the state-run Kalinga Studio that was established nearly 35 years ago but has for a variety of reasons fallen on hard times? “We are preparing an action plan for renovating the studio to facilitate […]

In its stupidity, the proposal to utilise the ‘vast stretch of vacant land’ at Kalinga Studios to build a sports complex in Bhubaneswar is on par with the ill-conceived idea of having the second campus of Rama Devi University on land allocated to Utkal University, which was given a quiet burial after students of Vani […]

Bhubaneswar: Chaos prevailed near Kalinga studio square in Bhubaneswar for quite some time on Friday after an elderly man was found detained allegedly by locals with his hands and legs tied on suspicion of being a Covid patient. The elderly man is stated to have escaped while being taken to COVID-19 hospital, sources said. As […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved Rs 200 crore for the redevelopment of the historic Kalinga Studio here, said an official on Wednesday. The government has decided to establish a state-of-the-art film hub at the Kalinga Studio. Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) would be the executing agency for redevelopment. This was decided in a […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday unveiled a plaque to lay the foundation stone for the re-development of Kalinga Studio. The state government has approved Rs 200 crore for the re-development of the Kalinga Studio into a modern and futuristic film studio with state-of-the-art infrastructure. କଳିଙ୍ଗ ଷ୍ଟୁଡ଼ିଓକୁ ନୂଆ ରୂପ ଦେବା ପାଇଁ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଚଳଚ୍ଚିତ୍ର […]