About

Sabyasachi Mohapatra is an Indian film director, writer, and producer in Odia Cinema. He owns a production house named Mohapatra Movie Magic. Mr Mohapatra made his directorial debut in film Bhukha in Sambalpuri language that won International Jury award at Gijon Film festival in Spain. His movie Jai Jagannatha released in 2006, a mythological film, was a mega-budget released in 15 different Indian languages. After 25 years, director Sabyasachi Mohapatra is back with ‘Sala Budha’ in 2012. The film is based on a novel by renowned author Kapilesh Prasad Mohapatra (his father), the film was screened at the International Film Festival in Goa, India in 2013 and the film won seven awards, including the best actor award, at the Odisha State Film Awards. He directed another Sambalpuri language film ‘AadimVichar’ released in 2014 and the film won 62nd National Film Awards in Best feature film in Odia and also won Best director and Best actor award at 26th Odisha State Film Awards In 2015, he worked on his next project 'PahadaraLuha' and which earned him back-to-back National Film Awards. The film won Best Feature film in Odia at 63rd National Film Awards in 2015.