Despite it being the first Odia film with several drawbacks in every section of its making, the two-hour-long movie generated great enthusiasm among the people.

The eleventh Odia film, Sri Lokanath, was directed by Prafulla Sengupta and received the National Award in 1960.

Nanda won National Awards three times, in 1960, 1966 and 1969 for his acting in Nua Bou, Matira Manisha and Adina Megha.

His directorial debut was Phoola Chandana for which he won the Odisha State Film Award for Best Director.

He started as an actor in character roles and gave household names like Raaka to Odisha.

Amiya Ranjan Patnaik, who started his career directing Mamata Mage Mula, changed the dimension of the Odia film industry by producing big budget movies with multiple star casts, which was a new trend at that time.

Raja Rani, Paradeshi Babu and Parimahal were made in Odia, Bengali and Bangladeshi.

Himansu Sekhar Khatua, an Indian director, educationalist, and journalist who directed the national film award winning movies Sunya Swaroop and Kathantara in 1996 and 2005 respectively.

In 1990s Siddhanta Mahapatra, a new generation star, with his action and comedy movies gave national recognition to odiya industry.

She acted in the Susanta Misra-directed Biswaprakash, which won a National Award in 2000.Barsha Priyadarshini is also another successful actress in the millennium era of Odia cinema.

Anubhab Mohanty is a well-known name in Ollywood, famous for his action and romantic movies.