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{{Infobox person
|image= Nirad Mohapatra - Odia Filmmaker.jpg
|birth_name = Nirad Narayan Mohapatra
| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|11|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bhadrak]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|02|19|1947|11|12}}<ref name=nie>{{cite news|title=Odia filmmaker Nirad Mohapatra passes away at 67|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/odia-filmmaker-nirad-mohapatra-dies-at-67/|accessdate=20 February 2015|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|publisher=New Indian Express}}</ref>
| death_place=[[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = [[Film director|Director]], [[Writer]]
|website = [http://www.niradmohapatra.com Nirad Mohapatra Website]
|spouse = Sabita Mohanty
}}
'''Nirad Narayan Mohapatra''' (12 November 1947 – 19 February 2015) was an Indian film director. Mohapatra was born in the Indian state of [[Odisha]]. He directed the [[Oriya language]] film ''[[Maya Miriga]]'', television [[soap opera]]s and [[documentary|documentaries]].

==Early life==
Mohapatra's father a journalist who was against [[British Raj|British rule]] and entered politics after India obtained independence. His mother was a schoolteacher. Nirad was the eldest of 7 children. As a child he visited a cinema near his house in [[Bhadrak]], [[Odisha]]. Nirad obtained a B.A degree with distinction in 1967', then enrolled for postgraduate studies in Political Science at [[Utkal University]]. He discontinued them in 1968 to start a diploma in film directing at the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] in [[Pune]]. He completed the diploma in 1971 and worked as a lecturer at the Institute from 1972.

==Career==
In 1974 he founded ''Cinexstasy'', a film society at [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]], screening classics of world cinema accompanied by analysis. He ran the society until 1983. He edited the film section of arts journal ''Mana Phasal'', continued to lecture at FTII, wrote for national journals, made documentary films and taught a film appreciation course at Utkal University.

He married Sabita Mohanty in 1978, who, although the marriage was arranged, had attended the film appreciation course and ''Cinexstasy''.

In 1984 Nirad made ''Maya Miriga'', his first feature film, produced on a shoestring budget. It was shot in [[Puri]], a beach-side town in [[Odisha]]. The film dealt with family issues, aspirations and break-up. It placed second in that year's Indian Panorama awards for Best National Film and was adjudged the Best Third World Film at [[International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg]],<ref>International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg</ref> Germany. It received a special jury award at [[Hawaii International Film Festival]],<ref>Hawaii International Film Festival</ref> US. It was selected for the 'Critics Week' of [[Cannes Film Festival]] ([[France]]),<ref>Cannes Film Festival</ref> [[BFI London Film Festival]],<ref>Regus London Film Festival</ref> [[Locarno Film Festival]],<ref>Locarno Film Festival</ref> [[Los Angeles Film Festival]]<ref>Los Angeles Film Festival</ref> and other International Film Festivals. In 1985, he was invited to visit four US universities to lecture on film.

Mohapatra specialised in documentaries. He was a member of the national film jury and member selection panel for Indian Panorama and a jury member for the 5th International Children's Film Festival, Bhubaneswar. He sat on the governing council of the Film and TV Institute, Pune. He was a member of the NFDC script committee for [[Odisha]]. He was twice member of the Academic Council, Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, [[Kolkata]]. He was the chairman of the Academic Council of the Biju Patnaik Film and Television Institute, [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]], and member of the Governing Council, [[SIET]], Bhubaneswar. He was a guest lecturer at the Film School of KIIT University, [[Bhubaneswar]].

He died of cardiac arrest on 19 February 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/director-nirad-n-mohapatra-dies-of-cardiac-arrest-at-67-740718|title = Director Nirad N Mohapatra Dies of Cardiac Arrest at 67}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Movie
! Work
|-
|1971
|Sunmica
|Diploma film
|-
| 1974
|''Dhauligiri Shanti Stupa''
| (Cultural documentary, 35mm, B&W, English).
Worked as Director, purchased by Films Division, Mumbai.
3 programmes for SITE, Cuttack Base Production Centre as outside producer.
|-
| 1976
|''The Story of Cement''
| (Industrial documentary, 16mm, Colour, English).
|-
| 1983
|''[[Maya Miriga]]''
| (Feature, 110 minutes, Colour, Oriya)
Worked as Director
Screened at Cannes, London, and Los Angeles Film Festival.
Best Third World Film (Mannhein, Germany).
Special Jury Commendation Award (Hawaii, U.S).
Second Best National Feature Film 1984.
Best Director, Orissa State Award 1985.
|-
| 1985
|''Chhau Dance of Mayurbhanja''
| (Cultural documentary, 35mm, Colour, English).
Worked as Producer & Director for Films Division, Mumbai.
|-
| 1986
|''Pata Painting''
| (Cultural documentary, 16mm, Colour, English).
Worked as producer & Director for Films Division, Mumbai.
|-
| 1988
|''Tamasa Tire''
| (Tele-film, 16mm, Colour, Oriya).
As Producer for Doordarshan, Cuttack.
|-
| 1989
|''The Vanishing Frontier''
| (Ecological documentary, 16mm, Colour, English).
As Producer and Director for INTACH, New Delhi.
|-
| 1990
|''A New Horizon''
| (Documentary on polio, 16mm, Colour, Hindi & English).
As Producer and Director for NIRTAR, Olatpur.
|-
| 1991
|''Ama Katha, Ama Kahani''
| (A ten part educational video serial).
As Producer only for The National Literary Mission, New Delhi
|-
| 1992
|''Aparajita''
| (Women empowerment documentary, 16mm, Colour, Oriya).
As Producer and Director for UNICEF.
|-
| 1994
|''Ama Gaan Halchal''
| (Eight-part educational video serial).
As producer only for The National Literacy Mission, New Delhi.
|-
| 1995
|''Konark - The Black Pagoda''
| (Documentary in 16mm, Colour, English)
As producer & Director for The Archaeological Survey of India.
|-
| 1995
|''Maestros of Odissi''
| (Cultural documentary in 35mm, Colour, Sanskrit)
As producer & Director for Odissi Research Center through I&PR department.
|-
| 1996
|''A Ray of Hope''
| (Documentary, video, English).
As Producer and Director for the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment, New Delhi.
|-
| 1997
|''Bahaghar''
| (13 episode serial in video).
As a producer only for Doordarshan, Bhubaneswar.
|-
| 1997
|''Patriotic Songs, Literature and Mass Media''
| (6 episodes in video).
Specially commissioned for celebration of 50 years of Independence by Doordarshan, Bhubaneswar.
|-
| 1999
|''Joyful Learning''
| (Educational documentary in video).
As Producer and Director for D.P.E.P, Government of Orissa.
|-
| 2001
|''Chilika – A Fragile Eco-System''
| (Ecological documentary in Beta, English).
As producer and Director for P.S.B.T in collaboration with Doordarshan, New Delhi.
|-
| 2002
|''T.B. – A Curable Killer''
| (Documentary on health in Beta, English)
As producer and director for DANTB, Orissa
|-
| 2003
|''Kana Mamu''
| Six episode Doordarshan serial. Written by Kanta Kabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra.
|-
| 2003
|''Tadpa''
| One episode Doordarshan serial. Written by Dr. Gopinath Mohanty.
|-
| 2005
|''Jashoda''
| A 3-part serial on child adoption produced by Gramsat, Govt of Orissa.
|-
|2009
|''Ahilya ra Bahaghara''
|
|-
|2009
|''Luchakali''
|
|-
|2009
|''Odisha Oil Company''
|
|-
|2009
|''Kamadhenu Gokhadya''
|
|-
|2009
|''Sapana ra Saudagara''
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{Commons category|Nirad Mohapatra}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0536768}}
* http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1368/year/1984.html[Ref.3]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090117163417/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/278802 BFI.org] [Ref.4]
* http://delcinema.it/news/2007-06/locarno_it_giorno_di_bruno_ganz.php[Ref.5]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110521032803/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/136985/Maya-Miriga/overview NY Times – Maya Miriga Overview]

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