Swayamsiddha is a 2010 Odia film directed by Sudhanshu Sahu with a screenplay and dialogue by Dilip Choudhury, produced by Prabhat Ranjan Mallik, and starring Siddhanta Mahapatra and Yukta Inderlal Mookhey. The film focuses on the implications for the young mass adopting to Maoist insurgency and their sustained alienation from the mainstream as a result. Geo-strategic importance of changing the minds of young people adopting terrorism through love and affection. The film traces the crisis from social trauma to unfair state system encouraging Mao-Naxal insurgency in Odisha.[1][2][3]

Swayamsiddha
Theatrical poster
Directed bySudhanshu Sahu
Written byNamita Malik
Screenplay byDilip Choudhury
Produced byPrabhat Ranjan Mallick
StarringSiddhanta Mahapatra
Yukta Inderlal Mookhey
Aparajita Mohanty
Sunil Kumar
Anita Das
Pintu Nanda
CinematographySanjeev Mohapatra
Edited byChandra Sekhar Mishra
Music bySwarup Nayak
Production
company
N K Media Ventures
Distributed byN K Media Ventures
Release date
  • 13 August 2010 (2010-08-13)
CountryIndia
LanguageOdia
Budget2 crore (equivalent to 4.5 crore or US$540,000 in 2023)
Box office6 crore (equivalent to 13 crore or US$1.6 million in 2023)
Film crew, IFFI (2010)

Plot

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Cast

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Production

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The muhurat took place in Taupadar near Deomali.[4] The film Swayamsidha in fact was shot under very challenging and turbulent situations. Most of part of the film are filming at Naxalite-Maoist insurgency areas in Koraput district of Orissa state.

Controversy

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As the main co-star of the film Siddhanta Mahapatra is an M.P. and belongs to the ruling party Biju Janata Dal of Orissa portrays himself as a Maoist leader in the film, the opposition parties in the state went on strikes and demanded ban on release of the film. Hundreds of Congress activists were arrested for disrupting the screening of the film.[5][6][7]

Music

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The music of the film composed by Swarup Nayak. The tracks from the film include:

Track Singer Lyricist
"Dekha Aakasha Pindhichhi Indradhanu Odhani" Kumar Bapi Swarup Nayak
"Ho Aame Matira Manisha He Matira" Kumar Bapi, T. Souri Swarup Nayak
"Jadi Ei Pruthibita Samayara" Tapu Mishra Swarup Nayak
"Kichhi Kichhi Katha To Manare" Tapu Mishra, Kumar Bapi Swarup Nayak
"Koili Koili Aa Pakhaku Mora" Tapu Mishra Swarup Nayak
"Mun Mo Nijathu Aaji Gali Durei" Tapu Mishra Swarup Nayak

Awards

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References

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  2. ^ "Archive News". The Hindu. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 16 November 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Odia Cinema World: Oriya / Odia Film Swayamm Siddha with Actor and Berhampur M.P. Sidhanta Mohapatra in Recent Controversy". 13 August 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Ollywood romances Koraput". The New Indian Express. 14 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Oriya Film 'Swayamsiddha' in Trouble". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012.
  6. ^ "BJP demands ban on Oriya film on Maoists". The New Indian Express. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Oriya Movie 'Swayamsidha' Based on Maoist Theme Faces BJP Protests". www.india-server.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010.
  8. ^ a b "State film awards announced". The Times of India. 12 December 2011.
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