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The Odyssey of Odia Cinema: A Transition of Culture and Language

The Odyssey of Odia Cinema: A Transition of Culture and Language

Ashok Palit
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 7
ISBN13: 9781799835110|ISBN10: 1799835111|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799835127|EISBN13: 9781799835134
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3511-0.ch022
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Palit, Ashok. "The Odyssey of Odia Cinema: A Transition of Culture and Language." Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema, edited by Santosh Kumar Biswal, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 267-273. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3511-0.ch022

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Palit, A. (2020). The Odyssey of Odia Cinema: A Transition of Culture and Language. In S. Biswal, K. Kusuma, & S. Mohanty (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema (pp. 267-273). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3511-0.ch022

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Palit, Ashok. "The Odyssey of Odia Cinema: A Transition of Culture and Language." In Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema, edited by Santosh Kumar Biswal, Krishna Sankar Kusuma, and Sulagna Mohanty, 267-273. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3511-0.ch022

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Abstract

There was a time in India when education was confined to a privileged class. At that period, Sanskrit was the only language in which most of the epics and other religious texts were written. A majority of the population had no access to these texts. Later, when regional languages and kinds of literature were developed, all these Sanskrit texts were translated for the common people. The immense popularity of The Ramayan influenced Mr. Mohansundar Devgoswami of Puri (actor, director) to make a feature film based on the Ramayan. Based on a mythological theme with elements of Rasa integrated into the structure of the talkie film, Sita Bibaha became the first Odia film, and though its work began in 1934, this film was eventually released in 1936. Keeping all these things in mind, this chapter intends to give a bird's eye view of the unknown legacy and odyssey of Odia cinema.

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