Senior cine journalist and editor of film magazine ‘Banichitra’ Parikshit Jena passed away on Saturday. He was 79. The Odisha Cine Critics’ Association and the Sanskruti O Sanskruti held a condolence meeting for Jena at the Buddha Mandir here. The speakers referred to Jena’s immense contribution to Odia cine journalism and his effort to make the ‘Banichitra’ a major publication for encouragement of the Odia film industry.
The meeting was attended, among others, by Pradosh Patnaik, Dilip Hali, Lutu Mohanty and Shridhar Martha.