Swayamsiddha


Swayamsiddha is a 2010 Odia film directed by Sudhanshu Sahu with a screenplay and dialogue by Dilip Choudhury, produced by Prabhat Ranjan Mallik, and starring Siddhanta Mahapatra and Yukta Inderlal Mookhey. 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 Odisha.
File:Shri Prabhat Ranjan Mallick, Producer, Shri Sudhansu Mohan Sahu, Director, Shri Siddhanta Mohapatra, Actor, Shri Sunil Tiwari, Actor, and Ms. Yukta, Actress, briefing [the media on film “Swayamsiddha” in the Main Media Center.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Film crew, International [Film Festival of India|IFFI] (41st [International Film Festival of India|2010]) ]

Cast

Production

The muhurat took place in Taupadar near Deomali. 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 a Maoist leader in the film, the opposition parties in the state went on strikes and demanded ban on release of the film. Hundreds of Congress activists were arrested for disrupting the screening of the film.

Music

The music of the film composed by Swarup Nayak. The tracks from the film include:
TrackSingerLyricist
"Dekha Aakasha Pindhichhi Indradhanu Odhani"Kumar BapiSwarup Nayak
"Ho Aame Matira Manisha He Matira"Kumar Bapi, T. SouriSwarup Nayak
"Jadi Ei Pruthibita Samayara"Tapu MishraSwarup Nayak
"Kichhi Kichhi Katha To Manare"Tapu Mishra, Kumar BapiSwarup Nayak
"Koili Koili Aa Pakhaku Mora"Tapu MishraSwarup Nayak
"Mun Mo Nijathu Aaji Gali Durei"Tapu MishraSwarup Nayak

Awards