Biswanath Rath

[1][2][3][4][5] He is the Odia filmmaker to achieve the milestone of winning 500 film festival accolades which includes 118 awards.

[15] His English documentary, A Zero to Hero Collaborative Approach, released on World Food Day (2016) received the Audience Award at the AgriCulture Film Festival held in Rome (Italy) on 9 December 2017.

[16][17][18][7][19][20][21][22] This documentary tells the inspirational success story of the collaboration between Dangarbheja Gram Panchayat (Nabarangpur) and a civil society organization named Govindalaya.

[24] His English documentary, Kotpad Weaving: The Story of a Race Against Time, was telecasted on DD National on 24 March 2018.

[28] It had its Indian premiere at Kashmir World Film Festival, Srinagar on 30 November 2018 where it won the Best Short Documentary award.

[34][35] In August 2020, his friendship-themed Hindi music video, “Woh Bhi Kya Din the Yaar,” premiered on YouTube on Friendship day.

[44] At Chennai, he completed formal courses in Screenwriting and Film Direction and started his filmmaking career.