Recognising talent
BIBHUTI MISHRA
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`Banichitra' marked its anniversary by honoring film stalwarts.
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PATRIOTIC ZEAL A scene from `Vande Mataram'.
The well-known Oriya film magazine Banichitra completed 37 years of its existence recently. On the occasion of celebrating its anniversary awards were presented to noted film personalities. What characterised the ceremony was the special category awards and lifetime awards apart from various awards for the releases in 2004. I Love You was adjudged the best film of the year.
Parikshit Jena the chief editor of the magazine spelt out the challenges before the film industry and the state finance minister Praful Ghadei declared on the occasion that a proposal to make all the Oriya films tax free was very much on the anvil. Interspersed with dances by upcoming artistes like Gungun the award giving ceremony began with lifetime achievement awards conferred on seven eminent personalities among whom were veteran actress Gloria Mohanty, playback singer Pranab Patnaik and music composer Basudev Ratha. A souvenir having articles on various aspects of film-making was released on the occasion.
Orientation workshop
A special awareness campaign on National Rural Health Mission in different districts of Orissa kicked off on September 22. A total of two hundred programmes like daskathia, pala, dhuduki, ghoda nacha, street play and magic shows are to be held in villages.
For this a three-day orientation workshop was organised by the Song and Drama Division. Private registered troupes and artistes were oriented on various aspects of the Mission.
The programme took off with the presentation of Vande Mataram, an energetic choreography of Bankim Chandra's national song.
A short play Asha written and directed by Manoj Patnaik was presented after a recital of Vande Utkal Janani by the artistes.
Eighteen troupes of folk dance and music took part in the orientation workshop.
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