Sriram Panda

Sriram Panda
Born	Nabarangpur, Odisha
Occupation	Actor, Director, screenplay writer, yoga preacher
Years active	1972–1994
Spouse(s)	Tripura Misra

Sriram Panda (Odia: ଶ୍ରୀରାମ ପଣ୍ଡା, born c. 1954) is a former Oriya movie actor, director and a screenplay writer hailing from the Nabarangpur district, Odisha, India. He left the film industry in 1992.

Life and career

Sriram Panda started his film career in Dhir Biswal's Dharitri directed by Nitai Palit in 1972, which was a great success at that time. He emerged as a popular film star of Odisha in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1992, at the peak of his career, he quit the film industry to join the Bihar School of Yoga at Munger, Bihar, India as a Yoga preacher and renamed himself as Swami Nitya Chaitanya. During his early career, he did modelling assignments and promotions for Cavender's Cigarettes and was known for his onscreen smoking scenes which inspired many youths to smoke. Later in life, he regretted those assignments and scenes and despised them, and to atone for them he quit acting in Oriya cinema and became a monk.

He has written, directed and produced the movie Kurukshetra (1988).

Awards and accreditation

During his 20-year career, he got several state-level awards and accreditations from the media and Oriya cine public at large.

Filmography

Year	Film	Supporting actor/actress	Director/producer	Notes
1972	Dharitri	Prashanta Nanda, Dhir Biswal	Nitai Palit / Dhir Biswal
1975	Jajabara	Banaja Mohanty, Jairam Samal, Hemanta Das shyamalendu	Trimurty
1976	Rakta Golapa	Banaja Mohanty
	Naga Phasa	Prashanta Nanda, Malvika Roy, Bijay Mohanty, Jairam Samal	Basant Nayak
	Samaya	Prashanta Nanda, Tripura Misra	Ganesh Mahapatra Nela Mohapatra	First colour movie in Odia
	Sindura Bindu	Prashanta Nanda, Tripura Misra, Dhir Biswal, Sujata Ananda	Sisir Misra
	Manasi	Tripura Misra, Saudamini Misra	Malay Mitra
	Priyatama	Mahasweta Roy	Biswajeet Das
	Jhilmil	Mahasweta Roy	K.H.D. Rao
	Janmadata	Mahasweta Roy	K.H.D. Rao
1979	Subarna Sita	Tripura Misra	Sisir Misra
1981	Samay Bada Balawan	Bijay Mohanty, Uttam Mohanty, Mahasweta Roy, Roja Ramani	Sisir Misra
1982	Hisab Nikas	Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy, Deepa Sahu	Prashanta Nanda	First Cinemascope movie in Odia
	Dekh Khabar Rakh Nazar	Uttam Mohanty, Sujata	Kumar Anand	He played a negative role in this movie
	Swapna Sagar	Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy, Anita Das	Prashanta Nanda	First 70mm movie in Odia
	Jaga Balia	Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy, Bijaya Jena	Prashanta Nanda
	Sankha Sindur	Uttam Mohanty, Aparajita Mohanty	Bijoy Bhaskar
	Mu Tume O Se	Sujata Anand	Kumar Anand
1983	Dora	Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy	Prashanta Nanda
	Kaberi	Mahasweta Roy	Govind Tej
	Gruha Lakshmi	Mahasweta Roy	C.S.R. Rao
1984	Eai Aam Sansar	Tandra Roy	Sisir Misra
	Sapan Banik	Dipti Nath	P.D.Shenoy
	Hira Nila	Prashanta Nanda, Bijaya Jena	Prashanta Nanda
1985	Badhu Nirupama	Aparajita Mohanty, Uttam Mohanty, Radha Panda	Jugal Devta
	Manini	Rameswari	K.S. Sethumadhavan	Bollywood star Rameswari acted in this movie1987
1986	Jor Jar Mulak Tar		Raju Misra
1987	Bhuli Huena	Rameswari	Bijay Mohanty
	Anyaya Sahibi Nahin	Uttam Mohanty, Sehnaaz	Ashok Sharma
	Micha Mayara Sansar		Udaya Sankar Pani
	Sankha Mahuri	Mahasweta Roy	Akshya Mohanty/R.G. Gope
	Suna Sansar	Babi, Niharika	Sisir Misra
	Akashara Aakhi		Pankaj Pani
1989	Asuchi Mo Kalia Suna		Raju Misra
	Mamata Ra Dori	Aparajita Mohanty	Mahamad Mohsin
	Puja	Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy	Prashanta Nanda
	Loot Taraz	Ranjit, Pratibha Sahu	Prashanta Nanda
1990	Nyaya Anyaya	Uttam Mohanty	Jayanta	Played a double role
	Hisab Kariba Kalia		Sumant Dey
1991	To Binu anya Gati Nahi		Mahamad Mohsin
	Kandhei	Prashanta Nanda, Mahasweta Roy	Prashanta Nanda
1992	Ghara Mora Swarga	Tandra Ray, Mihir Das, Bijay Mohanty	Jayanta
1994	Mahua	Snigdha Mohanty	Harish Mohanty	His last Movie which got released in 1994

External links

• Sriram Panda at the Internet Movie Database