Top best Odia cinema (Ollywood) actors, actresses and movies

The Odia film industry, colloquially known as Ollywood, is the Odia language Indian film industry, based in Cuttack, Odisha, India. The name Ollywood is a portmanteau of the words Odia and Hollywood.

Here is the list of top Odia movies.

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1. Shesha Shrabana
This 1976 movie is a classic Odia movie. It defines the life struggle of a poor fishermen, who fell in love with a Brahmin girl. The same girl he saved from drowning. This single movie made the actress Mahashwta Ray and actor Prashanta Nanda superstars of Odia industry.

2. Gapa Helebi Sata
This movie songs are still popular among Odia people. Specially the song “E Banara Chhai (Shadow of this forest)” is still a favourite one for love birds. This 1976 movie was about a rich brat misusing the innocence of a village girl. But later realised that she is the one he loved. Despite of every caste, class, social difference he married her. That time this movie was revolutionary in Odia society.

3. Chha mana atha guntha
This movie is based on the most famous Novel of Fakir Mohan Senapati, in the same name. The time (1986) when men dominated Odia film industry, Paravti Ghosh made this movie. And this movie is a milestone in Odia movie industry.

4. Abhilash
This movie is known as one of the most romantic Odia movies of all time. It also produced the super hit on screen and off-screen couple for Odia movies – Aparajita and Uttam Mohanty.

5. Maya Miriga
This Odia movie was released in 1984. The movie revolves around the story of three generations of the family whose standard of living is getting lower by time. The movie has won national award and made its way to Cannes festival.

Top 5 Ollywdood Actors.

1. Sidhant Mohapatra

2. Prashant Nanda

3. Uttam Mohanty

4. Bijay Mohanty

5. Hara Patnaik

Top Ollywood Actresses.

1. Rachana Banarjee

2. Anu Choudhary

3. Aparajita Mohanty

4. Mahesweta Ray