Tag: Ollywood

In the complaint, the actor said that he was mentally hurt after an objectionable and derogatory post maligning his reputation was uploaded on social media by the producer in question. 

The Odia film industry, better known as Ollywood, witnessed a series of incidents in 2023. While the industry lost some eminent personalities, it had some good things in equal share as well. The industry also witnessed some controversies that brought disgrace to it. 

Odia actor Manoj Mishra, who has been in the news for a reported 2-year boycott handed to him by some film producers, for allegedly orchestrating protests against the film Ram in Sambalpur, landed in fresh trouble over the screening of the movie Pratha in Jharsuguda. 

While addressing a press conference, senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra said, “The government has not only repeatedly been hurting the sentiments of the Western Odisha people but also meting out step-motherly treatment."

The female journalist in her complaint alleged that the producer slapped her and hurled filthy language at her while she was in a film hall to cover an event today. 

While responding to Arindam’s appeal, actor Manoj Mishra on Monday said, “Without any proof and information, Tutu Nayak and Company boycotted me."

“I would like to request you (Manoj Mishra) to end the ongoing controversy. You can end it by asking your fans to put to rest whatever is going on," Arindam Roy appealed to Manoj Mishra.

Many personalities from various fields like art, film, culture, music and politics paid their last respect to the music director at his residence in Cuttack in the morning before his body was taken for last rites to Satichaura crematorium.

Actor Manoj Mishra, who has been banned by the Utkal Cine Chambers of Commerce for a period of two years, said he wouldn’t act in any of Tutu Nayak’s films. 

Popular music director and composer Swarup Nayak passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Cuttack on Friday. He was battling cancer for the past several years. Nayak was immensely popular for his contribution to the Odia film industry.

The actor wanted to end the dispute in the larger interest of the film industry

Since the opening day, the film, based on noted writer Sankar Tripathy’s Odia novel ‘Nadabindu’, has been receiving rave reviews from critics as well as common cine-goers.

Informing about the future course of action, Cuttack Zone II ACP Amitabh Mohapatra said the singer would soon be arrested. 

One of the most prominent reasons for the crises afflicting the Indian film industries, as said in the very first sentence of this column, lies with the ‘woods’ themselves.

The singer is yet to appear before the Mahila police station in Cuttack where the woman, who is an employee of a private bank, had lodged the complaint against him.