Sriram Panda

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Sriram Panda (Odia: ଶ୍ରୀରାମ ପଣ୍ଡା, born c. 1954) is an Indian actor, director and a screenplay writer of ollywood industry .hailing from the Nabarangpur district, Odisha, India. He was widely known for his natural acting, gentle dialogue delivery and his discipline. Also he formally known for his dashing look considering him as a replica of the first Indian superstar Rajesh Khanna among the Ollywood industry.

Sriram Panda started his film career in Dhir Biswal's Dharitri directed by Nitai Palit in 1972, which was a success. In 1975 he starred in the lead role of Jajabara directed by Trimurti which was a huge hit & is still regarded as one of the classic films to be ever made in Odia film industry. A coloured version of Jajabara was later released which garnered high popularity among the masses. In 1976 he starred in 6 films 4 of which were commercially successful. He emerged as Superstar of Odisha in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1992, at the peak of his career, he quit the film industry to join the Bihar School of Yoga at Munger in Bihar as a Yoga preacher and renamed himself Swami Nitya Chaitanya.^[1]

He wrote, directed, and produced the movie Kurukshetra (1988).^[2]

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