Prashanta Nanda | |
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 Nanda inTeachAids interview, 2013 | |
| MP ofRajya Sabha forOdisha | |
| Assumed office 4 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Dilip Kumar Tirkey,BJD |
| Member: 12th and 14thOdisha Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| Succeeded by | Prasanta Kumar Jagadev |
| Constituency | Begunia |
| In office 2000–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Harihara Sahoo |
| Succeeded by | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| Constituency | Begunia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Prashanta Nanda (1947-05-02)2 May 1947 (age 78) |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Other political affiliations | Nationalist Congress Party Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Anupama Nanda |
| Children | Rhishav Nanda |
| Alma mater | Ravenshaw Collegiate School Ravenshaw College Utkal University Madhusudan Law College |
| Occupation | Actor,director,screenplay writer,lyricist,playback singer,politician |
Prashanta Nanda (born 2 May 1947[1]) is an Indian director, actor and politician from the state ofOdisha. He is currently aMember of Parliament atRajya Sabha, the upper house of theIndian Parliament, for Odisha.[2] He had worked predominantly inOdia film industry but also worked inBengali film industry andHindi film industry extensively. He was also a former minister in Odisha state.[3][4]
Prashanta Nanda was born inCuttack, Odisha on 2 May 1947 to Kanchan and Jagannath Nanda.
He did his schooling fromRavenshaw Collegiate School. His B.Sc. fromRavenshaw College, M.A. and Ph.D fromUtkal University, LL.B. fromMadhusudan Law College, and have D.Litt. from MIT University, Pune.
From his childhood, he showed an interest in acting by participating in different dramas from his school days. He performed in a children's program namedSishu Sansar for Cuttack'sAll India Radio with the character named Bulu.
He started his acting career from early young age. While performing in a drama at Kala Vikash Kendra of Cuttack, Kaviraj Krushna Chandra Tripathy and Dhira Biswal choose him for the Odia movie Dasyu Ratnakar.
In 1962, he debuted as a lead actor with Odia movieNua Bou. His three movies, Nua Bou (1962),Matira Manisha (1966) andAdina Megha (1970) got three timesNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia within just eight years. He has worked under veteran directors likePrabhat Mukherjee,Mrinal Sen, Amit Maitra.
At first he has given direction to 1975 Odia movieMamata. But due to his young age, the producer suggested not to disclose his name. So he has given veteran actor Byomkesh Tripathy's name in the credits.
The 1976 movieShesha Shrabana became his directorial debut in the industry, where the versatile actressMahasweta Ray made her debut with the movie. Movies like,Shesha Shrabana,Hisab Nikas, Balidan,Swapna Sagara, Maa O Mamata, Dora are some of his milestone classics forOdia film industry.
While screening of his film Shesha Shrabana atIFFI, New Delhi,Tarachand Barjatya ofRajshri Productions, approached him to make the movie in Hindi. Subsequently, Nanda directed and acted as male lead inNaiyya released in the year 1979 alongsideZarina Wahab and the veteran actorAmrish Puri.
The whole shooting of the movie Naiyya was done in the bank ofMahanadi near Cuttack. The film's music was given by the legendary musicianRavindra Jain. He again collaborated with Rajshri Productions with moviePaheli. He has also given his direction in 1984 Hindi movie,Grahasthi starringYogeeta Bali,Suresh Oberoi andAshok Kumar.
The Odia movieMaa O Mamata, based on a short story written by him while he was in his 9th standard. His mother found out his story diary and showed to his father. They were worried about his future, because of the content of story written by a school going boy. For that they punished him.
Later, in 1980, Nanda made a movie named Maa O Mamata, where he was the lead actor along withMahasweta Ray, Hemant Das andAnita Das. The movie was a blockbuster at that time. His father never saw his films, but by hearing a lot of appreciation from everyone's mouth, he asked him about the movie and showed interest to watch it. After watching the movie, he was surprised and asked where he found this kind of story. In reply, Prashanta said, the story was the same as what he had written in that diary in his childhood for which they had punished him and hid that diary. After that, his father got emotional with happiness and told him,As a parent, sometimes we behave more protective towards our children, and we never want our child to go the wrong way but it is difficult to find what talents our child has gifted by god.
While sharing the story ofMaa O Mamata, Nanda has shared one of the songsJane Radha Jane Meera and some parts of the film with the veteran Bollywood actorRaj Kapoor. Later, the song lyrics and theme of the movie Maa O Mamata reflects in his 1985 filmRam Teri Ganga Maili.
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In 2008, his filmJianta Bhoota was conferredBest Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation in56th National Film Awards.
Actor-director duoSidhant Mohapatra and Prashanta Nanda have given 8 all time blockbuster Movies to Ollywood.
In 2007, he awarded with the Lifetime achievement award in Odisha Filmfare Award.[5]
He was theBharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) leader and Odisha state vice president. He resigned from his membership in August 2007.[6] After that he joined theNationalist Congress Party and then became a member ofBiju Janata Dal.
In 2013, it was announced that he had joined otherBollywood and international celebrities in theTeachAids initiative, a state-of-the-art approach to worldwide HIV prevention, developed atStanford University.[7]
director and producer Prashant Nanda received the award in 2005
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