Prasantanu Mohapatra is a established cinematographer, who has graduated from from FTII, Pune. His passion is making documentaries, both as director and cinematographer. So much so that he uses the documentary approach and skill in shooting his feature films too.
His taste and trial into the world of cinema began from a dark room of the only photo studio in his small suburban home town, followed by a brief stint as a sub-editor in a vernacular daily. He has shot three features, innumerable documentaries and corporate films as well as ad films as on date.
His latest work is an Odiya feature "Kebe Tame Naahan Kebe Mun Naahin" successfully doing the rounds in theaters now and a Marathi movie is in pipeline - both on the digital platform.
He received an accolade of best cinematography for the feature "The Last Monk" from Amity International Film Festival, New Delhi in 2007. His projects fetched many more awards, the latest being the national award for "Best Biographical Film 201” - a documentary "NILAMADHAV" on the famous Hindustani vocalist Dr Sunanda Patnaik.
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