TV serial Nabakalebara has bagged highest numbers of awards in the fourth edition of State Tele Purashkar Utsav-2016 held here on Tuesday.
Producer Ajay Routray received the award for best Tele serial. For the same serial Shiva Prasad Mohanty, Chaudhury Bikas Das, Priyambada Ray, Shankar Prasad Tripathy and Aditya Sahu were awarded in the categories of best director, best character actor, best character actress, best dialogue writer and best editor respectively.
Aswini Brahma and Upasana Bhadra were the recipients of best actor and best actress awards respectively for the serial Manini. likewise for negative role Bhagaban Behera got the best male villain award for To Aganara Tulasi mu and Kirti Mohanty awarded as best female villain for Manini.
Special Jury Award was shared by actress Gargi Mohanty for Spandan and music director Ashok Sahu for Darubrahma Nabakalebara.
In the categories of best comedian, best story writer, best cameraman, best sound recordist and best tele film, the awards were given away to Dushmanta Pati, Kadambini Mishra, Parameswar Biswal, Jyoshnarani Mahanta and Spandan. Worth mentioning is tele film Spandan was produced by Odisha Mining Corporation and directed by Snehasis Das.
However, this year the sections of best child artist, best screenplay, best educational tele film on tribal language and best tele film for the children were not awarded.
Culture and Tourism Minister Ashok Chandra Panda and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra shared the stage among others.