The Odisha government’s recent announcement that it plans to redevelop the nearly four decades old Kalinga Studio has been hailed by the Odia film and TV fraternity.
The Odisha government’s recent announcement that it plans to redevelop the nearly four decades old Kalinga Studio has been hailed by the Odia film and TV fraternity. Once the pride of the state’s film industry, the studio was devastated by the 1999 super cyclone and has since been a mere shadow of its glorious self.
So when the state government announced a `200-crore package to turn the studio complex into a state-of-the-art film and entertainment hub last week, everyone praised the move. “When there’s good infrastructure in our city, we’ll definitely shoot here. I’ll surely shoot my films here also once the revamped studio is ready. It will make things easier for us and also help us cut production cost,” said filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda.