This Raja, it is going to rain films across all theatres of the State with as many as five big-budget Odia films slated for release. The audiences will have a tough time taking their pick as big stars of Ollywood compete with each other to woo them to the theatres. Interestingly, two of the films are home productions for the lead actors, Anubhav’s Haatha Dhari Chalu Tha and Arindam’s Ashok Samrat. While Anubhav, the recently-turned politician has already produced a couple of movies before, for Arindam, it is the debut film as producer. --
HAATHA DHARI CHALU THA:
A beautiful love story in the backdrop of family drama and emotions.
Star Cast: Anubhav, Barsha, Bijay Mohanty, Tandra Ray, Kuna Tripathy, Namrata Das, Salil Mitra and Harihar Mohapatra.
Directed by: Chandi Parija
Produced by: Anuprash Mohanty
Music: Premananda
USP: The hit trio of Anubhav, Barsha and Chandi come together for the second time after the super success of Suna Chadei Rupa Chadhei.
MUN EKA TUMARA: A family film revolving around a marriage.
Star Cast: Sabyasachi, Archita, Mihir Das, Bijay Mohanty, Mahasweta Ray, Harihara Mohapatra, Usashi Mishra, Ragini, Debashish Patra, Lovely and Prithiraj.
Direction: Susant Mani
Produced by: Sitaram Agarwal.
Music: Bikash Das
USP: Multi-starrer, Sabyasachi plays a mute character for the first time, Archita’s first film after Miss India pageant.
ASHOK SAMRAT
An out-an-out modern day commercial film with plenty of action to look forward to.
Star Cast: Arindam, Emili Chowdhury, Mahasweta, Minaketan, Manoj Mishra, Pintu Nanda, Puppy, Santuka, Hari, Jai, Ding Dong, Sunita Garabadu and Moushami.
Directed by: Jyoti Das
Produced by: Arindam
Music: Abhijit Majumdar
USP: Multi-starrer; Arindam and Jyoti team up again after Good Boy which was a big hit.
HARI OM HARI
It is an action packed film revolving around two brothers with loads of family drama.
Star Cast: Akash DasNayak, Siddhant, Riya, Megha, Samaresh, Pintu Nanda and Minaketan.
Directed by: Dilip Panda
Produced by: Sumit Rout and Sitra Das.
Music: Abhijit Majumdar
USP: Multi-starrer, two leading actors together and good shooting locales from Manali and Chandigarh.
DAHA BALUNGA
A suspense thriller with action as well as drama.
Star Cast: Jackie Shroff, Babushaan, Sonia, Uttam Mohanty, Aparajita, Bijay Mohanty and Tandra Ray.
Directed by: Sudhakar Vasanth
Produced by: Pupinder Singh and Bapi Panda.
Music: Abhijit Majumdar
USP: Bilingual film (Odia and Bengali), Jackie Shroff, songs shot in Thailand, Babushaan to appear in a new look, film to be dubbed in other languages.