Died 1994 Role Film actor | Name Dukhiram Swain Years active 1960-1994 Spouse Hemalata Swain | |
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Children Prithiviraj Swain, Dharitri Das, Akash Kumar Swain Movies Matira Manisha, Shesha Shrabana, Jajabara, Sri Lokanath, Swapna Sagara Similar People Prashanta Nanda, Akshaya Mohanty, Mrinal Sen | ||
Memory lane 8 30 pm with ollywood actor dukhiram swain
Dukhiram Swain was one of the most popular villains of Oriya cinema. He was a National Film Awards winning actor (Shesha Shrabana) and played a variety of roles, most notably as the antagonist in many Oriya films, as well as roles in television serials and various roles in the small screen. He was considered to be one amongst the club of natural actors. He was honoured with the Jayadeva Purashkar (Highest State Award for Excellence in Art & Literature) from Orissa State Film Awards and several "Best Villain" awards from State Film Awards and Orissa Sangeet Natak Akademi.
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- Memory lane 8 30 pm with ollywood actor dukhiram swain
- Speciality of dukhiram swain
- Life and career
- Awards and honours
- Personal life
- References
Speciality of dukhiram swain.ମହାମାନବ ଦୁଃଖୀରାମ ସ୍ବାଇଁ।
Life and career
Late Dukhiram Swain was born in Daraba, Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha. He was a linguist and could speak several languages fluently. He started his acting Career from Annapurna Theatre (Cuttack ). His first movie was Sri Lokenath (1960). He was mostly offered negative roles and over the years he developed a cult status in this genre of acting. On contrary to the villainous characters he portrayed in his films, he was very social & generous and was also member of various organizations. Matira Manisha, Jajabara, Shesha Shrabana, Phula Chandana, Paradeshi Chadhei and Rana Bhumi are some of his most notable films. He has acted almost all kinds of roles ranging from hero, villain, comedian, character roles etc.
Awards and honours
Personal life
He was married to the late Mrs. Hemalata Swain. He is survived by two sons, Mr. Akash Kumar Swain (Jagatsinghpur), Mr. Prithiviraj Swain (Cuttack) and one daughter, Mrs. Dharitri (Swain) Das (the marriage was to Mr. Nimain Charana Das and was settled in Bolangir). He is survived, as well, by three grandchildren from his daughter's side, Mrs. Pragyan Paramita Das (the marriage was to Mr. Dhrutiman Das and was settled in Bangalore), Ms. Prachi Sucharita Das (Bhubaneswar), and Mr. Niroopkanti Das (Patnagarh).