Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for 2019 and 2020 announced

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | August 27, 2021 IST

Bhubaneswar, Aug 27: Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for 2019 and 2020 were announced on Friday. Anant Mohapatra (Acting & Direction), Kumkum Mohanty (Odissi Dance) will receive Akademi's highest honour- Kabisamrat Upendra Bhanja Award for 2019 and 2020, respectively The award ceremony will be held at Rabindra Mandap on August 30. Mahapatra is a highly acclaimed theatre and film personality from Odisha who has written, directed and acted in over 100 plays. He has also worked in film, television and radio. He has written, directed and produced short feature films for Doordarshan, and wrote the screenplay and directed Mamu — the first feature-length film on Doordarshan in India — in Hindi and Odia. Mahapatra is the man behind Theatre in Motion, and the founder/director of SUJANI and Natya Shodh Sansthan. He founded the Utkal Rangamanch Trust, set up to give a fillip to professional theatre in Odisha after the old theatre companies of the early ’50s closed down in the ’70s.

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