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{{short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}
{{BLP sources |date=June 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sisir Mishra
| image = Sisir_mishra.JPG
| alma_mater = [[Ravenshaw College]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|screenwriter}}
| spouse = Kadambini Mishra
| honours = [[Padma Shri]]
| birth_place = [[Odisha]], India
}}

'''Sisir Mishra''' is an Indian film director<ref name="GokulsingDissanayake2013">{{cite book|author1=K. Moti Gokulsing|author2=Wimal Dissanayake|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA71|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77284-9|pages=71–}}</ref> and screenwriter best known for directing [[Hindi]] and [[Odia language]] films including ''[[Bheegi Palkein]]'',<ref>{{cite book|title=Orissa reference: glimpses of Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RBuAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=TechnoCAD Systems}}</ref> ''Samay Ki Dhara'',<ref name="Pradhan2016">{{cite book|author=Bharathi S. Pradhan|title=Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_jEyCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT292|year=2016|publisher=Om Books International|isbn=978-93-85609-59-6|pages=292–}}</ref> ''Billoo Baadshaah'',<ref name="BlameyD'Souza2005">{{cite book|author1=David Blamey|author2=Robert D'Souza|title=Living Pictures: Perspectives on the Film Poster in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LwbAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Open Editions|isbn=978-0-949004-15-4}}</ref> ''TADA'' and ''Aseema''.

In 2018 he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth-highest civilian award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-padma-awards-2018-announced-ms-dhoni-sharda-sinha-among-85-recipients-here-s-complete-list-424273|title=Padma awards 2018 announced, MS Dhoni, Sharda Sinha among 85 recipients: Here's complete list|publisher=India TV|date=25 January 2018|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>

==Biography==
He was born in Bomkei, near [[Digapahandi]] in the [[Ganjam district]] of [[Odisha]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rendezvous With The Dronacharya Of Odia Cine Industry {{!}} Mycitylinks |url=https://www.mycitylinks.in/rendezvous-with-the-dronacharya-of-odia-cine-industry |access-date=2026-05-04 |website=www.mycitylinks.in}}</ref> His father Purushottam Mishra, was an engineer who worked for the [[British Raj]]. Mishra completed his [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc]] degree from [[Khallikote College]], [[Brahmapur, Odisha|Brahmapur]] and an M.Sc. in [[Physics]] from [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].

In 1965, Mishra left his academic career as a physics lecturer, moved to [[Mumbai]] and started his film career as an assistant director under [[Mehboob Khan]] (director of ''[[Mother India]]'') and [[Jyoti Swaroop]] (director of ''[[Padosan]]'').

Mishra went on to direct many box office hit films in the [[Odia language]] such as ''[[Sindura Bindu]]'', ''[[Suna Sansaara]]'', ''[[Subarna Seeta]]'', ''[[Samaya Bada Balawaan]]'', ''[[Ei Ama Sansaara]]'', ''[[Bastra Harana]]'', ''[[Suna Bhauja]]'', ''[[Sabata Maa]]'' and others.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA148|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=148–}}</ref> In addition, he directed several Hindi films.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sisir Mishra|url=http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/sisir-misra/20601|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115061155/http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/sisir-misra/20601|archive-date=2008-01-15|website=chakpak.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
*''[[Bheegi Palkein]]'' (1982)
*''Samay Ki Dhara''
*''Billoo Baadshaah''
*''TADA''
*''Aseema''
*''[[Sindura Bindu]]'' (1976)
*''Suna Sansaara''(1978)
*''Subarna Seeta''(1983)
*''Samaya Bada Balawaan''(1982)
*''Ei Ama Sansaara''(1986)
*''Bastra Harana''
*''Suna Bhauja''
*''Sabata Maa''

==Awards==
Popularly known as the [[Dronacharya]] of [[Cinema of Odisha|Oriya Cinema]],{{By whom|date=June 2020}} Sisir Mishra pioneered modern film making in Oriya cinema.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} He won many awards. Following are some of his prestigious awards:

* 2012 Oriya Cinema Gourav (Show Time 2012 Film Awards) Pride of Odisha, March 18, 2012
* 2012 Chalachitra Jagat Pratibha Samman – 2011, Jan 8, 2012
* 2006: Jayadeba Puraskar ([[Government of Odisha|Odisha Government]]), for Lifetime Achievement in Oriya Cinema.
* 2004: Nitai Palit Award (Most Prestigious Award given by Professionals of Oriya cinema)
* 2018: Padma Shri<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-01-25|title=Full list of Padma awardees 2018|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-padma-awardees-2018/article22524750.ece|access-date=2020-06-10|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Family==
Mishra is married to Kadambini Mishra, who has also acted as co-scriptwriter for a number of his films. He has two sons, Sagar and Sameer.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
{{Padma Award winners of Odisha}}

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