Swayamsiddha

Swayamsiddha
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Sudhanshu Sahu
Produced by	Prabhat Ranjan Mallik
Written by	Namita Malik
Starring	Siddhanta Mahapatra Yukta Sunil Kumar Aparajita Mohanty Anita Das Pintu Nanda
Music by	Swarup Nayak
Cinematography	Sanjeev Mohapatra
Edited by	Chandra Sekhar Mishra
Production company	N K Media Ventures
Distributed by	N K Media Ventures
Release date	13 August 2010 (2010-08-13)
Country	India
Language	Odia

Swayamsiddha (Odia: ସୟଂସିଧ୍ଧା) is a 2010 Oriya film directed by Sudhanshu Sahu with a screenplay and dialogue by Dilip Choudhury, produced by Prabhat Ranjan Mallik, and starring Siddhanta Mahapatra, Sunil Kumar, and Yukta. 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 Orissa.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Siddhanta Mahapatra as Digvijay
• Yukta as Shreya / Swayamsidha
• Sunil Kumar as Raj
• Aparajita Mohanty
• Anita Das
• Shweta Acharya
• Dushmant
• Pradyumna Lenka
• Pintu Nanda
• Prasanna Patashani
• Matru Prasad
• Sarojini Rout

Filming location

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

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 Maoist leader in the film, the opposition parties in the state went on strikes and demanded ban on release of the film. Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists were arrested for disrupting the screening of the film.^[4][5][6][7]

Music

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

Awards

• Special Jury Award pf 2010 in 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011
• Best Cinematographer of 2010 Odisha State Film Award for Best Photography and 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011
• Best Director of 2010 in 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011
• Best Editor of 2010 in 2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011
• Best Screenplay of 2010 in State Awards,2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011
• Best sound design of 2010 in State Awards,2nd Tarang Cine Awards 2011
• Best Odia Film of 2010 in Etv Oriya Film Awards 2011
• Best Director of 2010 in Etv Oriya Film Awards 2011
• Best cinematographer of 2010 in Etv Oriya Film Awards 2011^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

References

External links

• Swayamsiddha on IMDb