The curtains of the 10-day long Chandrabhaha Mahotsav, which included a book fair and a multilingual inter-college drama fest, came down on Tuesday evening. The star attraction of the evening was flute maestro Padmabibhusan Hariprasad Chaurasia besides Odia actor Prasant Nanda. Several organisations of Baleswar felicitated Chaurasia.
Baleswar ADM Akshay Mohanty, FM University VC Sibaprasad Adhikary and social worker Subasini Jena, among others, attended as guests and lauded the efforts Chandrabhaga, an organisation which has been holding the event for the last 25 years. On the concluding evening, a drama ‘Bandhu Mohanty’ was staged by the artists of Keonjhar College. ‘Chandragrahan’ was adjudged as the best play. The second and third prizes went to ‘Kala Baisakhi’ presented by Maa Mangala Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Bhadrak and ‘Au Jane Radha’ by the Balasore College. The best production prize went to the Gayatri College of Pharmacy, Sambalpur, while the second best in production went to Biswanth Nursing Academy, Baleswar.
The best direction went to Atish Kumar Satpathy for ‘To be continued’ a play by the Gayatri College of Pharmacy and the second best direction award was given to Santosh Panda for ‘Natak Baji’. The best action while went to Santosh Panda, Atish Satpathy was adjudged the second best. Jyotsanarani Behera and Rashmirekh Sahu were adjudged as best and second best actresses.
The best lyricist award went to Arjun Dalei. Anchalik College, Bant was awarded for stage management and BABA Bhaivarbananada College, Chandikhol as disciplined college. Special jury award went to Saheed Smruti Mahavidyalaya, Basudevpur. Others awards were given away to the deserving artists on the ocassion.