Himansu Sekhar Khatua

Himansu Sekhar Khatua is an Indian director, educationalist, and journalist. He directed the national film award winning movies Sunya Swaroop and Kathantara in 1996 and 2005 respectively. He is the managing director from the house of Kalinga Media and Entertainment Private Limited (KMEPL) and also heads as CMD Kalinga TV, a 24x7 news channel and KNews Odisha, a leading digital platform.

Himansu Sekhar Khatua
Born21 December 1965 (1965-12-21) (age 54)
Khatuapatna, Bhadrak, Odisha, India
OccupationA Complete Film Maker
Spouse(s)Snehashri Swain
ChildrenAnshuman Khatua, Sriman Khatua
Parent(s)Rabindra Khatua, Kunjalata Khatua

Khatua is the National Film Award recipient for Best Film direction in 2005 and National Award recipient for best debut film Sunya Swaroop in 44th National Film Festival.[1]

Early life and education

Khatua was born in 1965 in Khatuapatna, a remote village in Bhadrak, Odisha. He is the eldest among all siblings of Rabindra Khatua and Smt. Kunjalata Khatua. After his primary education in his native village, he shifted to several places in the state to complete his high school. In fact, his maternal grandfather was his first teacher who taught him languages like Odia, English, Sanskrit etc. during his formative years. It was while pursuing a career in science with Physics major, he qualified to join country's premier film institute FTII Pune, which played a pivotal role in grooming up his career as a filmmaker. He has done Diploma in Cinema from Film and Television Institute of India.[2]

Filmography

In 1990s, Khatua moved to Mumbai to work as a professional audiographer, but only after a year, he decided to come back to his homeland Odisha and pursue his career here. Independently, he did sound designing for Indradhanura Chhai (Shadows of the rainbow ) which got Grand Prix in the 2nd Sochi International Film Festival, Russia and officially selected for the Un Certain Regards catogary in Cannes International Film Festival.

Later, Khatua moved into film direction independently with his debut film Shunya Swaroopa (Contours of the void)[3] which took him to many international film festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands), Kinotavr (Sochi International Film Festival, Russia), Gothenburg Film Festival (Sweden), and Cinema Jove International Film Festival, Valencia (Spain).The Film also got National Award as the Best Regional Film in Oriya, and quite a many state awards.[4]

Thereafter, Khatua joined Biju Patnaik Film and Television Institute (BPFTI) as a senior faculty and played a key role there in establishing this institute under Govt. of Odisha. During his services with BPFTI, he promoted film culture in Odisha with several film Festivals and augmented television culture as a key functionary of Gramsat Programme for developmental communication under Government of India & Government of Odisha. Many of his students are now working successfully in film and television industry across the country.

His second feature film Kathantara(Another Story) based on the aftermath of 1999 Odisha cyclone, a landmark in Odia Cinema, dealt with the lives and predicaments of cyclone survivors mostly the women. Kathantara got National Award for Best Regional Film in Odia and several state awards including Best Screenplay for Mr. Khatua.

His third film feature MATIRA BANDHAN (The Inheritance)[5] was based on a short story The Trunk of Ganesha by eminent writer Padmashree Jayanta Mahapatra. This piece of art couldn't receive certificate from CBFC because of reasons other than artistic credibility. However, the film was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) and Bangaluru International Film Festival. It was highly appreciated by the audience as well as critics.

The fourth feature film Krantidhara (Coup de grace)[6] based on the story Jhada Parara Surjya by Dr Itirani Samanta, got Asian Excellence Awards, South Korea as the best feature film.[7] It also got Best Feature Film Award along with several other state film awards.

Now Khatua is working on the Biopic of Dutee Chand the ace sprinter of the country.[8]

Academics and administration

Leaving aside the government job as a senior faculty in BPFTIO, Mr. Khatua shouldered the responsibility to start three different schools: School of Fashion Technology,[9] School of Mass Communication, and School of Film and Media Sciences, at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT University), Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. He is currently CEO of these three schools. He is in academics of film education for more than 25 years.

Media and television industry

Mr Khatua is working as the managing director from the house of Kalinga Media and Entertainment Private Limited (KMEPL) and also heads as CMD Kalinga TV, a 24x7 news channel, and KNews Odisha, a digital platform.

Television
  • 'Prayaschit' (Penance)
  • 'Abhisapta Jarayu' (Cursed Womb by Akhil Mohan Pattnaik)
  • 'Bhagnansha'
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gollark: Wait, past tense?
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gollark: Generally for cryptographic stuff in CC what happens is you just pull in some random library each time, and reinvent the bit which does high-level stuff.
gollark: "PRs welcome!"

References
  1. "Himansu Khatua: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes". The Times of India.
  2. "Wielding the director's baton – Orissa Post | DailyHunt Lite". Dailyhunt.
  3. "Promotion drive for good cinema missing in Odisha". The Pioneer. 14 July 2015.
  4. "Tribal Boy Bags Best Child Artiste Award". ENARADA. 6 February 2014.
  5. "Camera rolls to capture reality". The Telegraph. 23 December 2011.
  6. "Odia Movie 'Krantidhara' To Get Asian Excellence Award". Odisha Bytes. 16 September 2019.
  7. "Krantidhara bags an award in Seoul". The Times of India. 29 September 2019.
  8. "Himansu Khatua is gearing up to make a biopic on Dutee". The Times of India. 28 November 2019.
  9. "CEO's Message". School Of Fashion Technology.

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