Odisha-born national awarsd-winning sound recordist Nihar Ranjan Samal, who has several Bollywood films to his credit, has added yet another feather to his cap by winning the Filmfare Award in the Best Sound Design category for the movie ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’.
Nominations and declaration of technical and short film awards for the year have been announced ahead of the 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 scheduled to be held on February 15.
After completing Physics at the Utkal University here, Samal, a native of Jajpur district, joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 1994 for a postgraduate diploma course in sound recording and sound design. His diploma film ‘Tatvam Asi’ fetched him his first national award in 1997.
After struggling for long, he debuted in Bollywood with ‘Strangers of Anand Ray’ in 2007. He has worked in movies like ‘Padmavati’, ‘Sanju’, ‘Bajirao Mastani’, ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Vicky Donor’, ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, ‘Ferrari Ki Sawaari’, ‘Lafangey Parinde’ and ‘Madras Café’. He won the national award for ‘Madras Café’ in 2013. He has also bagged Zee Cine, Producers Guild and IIFA awards.
