Renowned Odia film music director Swaroop Nayak passed away
In 1984 he initiated his journey as a music director from Odia film 'Hira Nila'
Bhubaneswar: Renowned Odia film music director Swaroop Nayak passed away on Friday in Odisha. He was undergoing treatment in a private hospital in the capital city. Earlier Nayak was diagnosed with cancer.
Swaroop Nayak was a music director, lyricist, singer and actor. He has worked as music director for a number of Odia films while he has a number of popular and hit songs to his credit. Born on February 8, 1947 he had started his career in Odia films at an early age. In 1962 he acted as a child artist in ‘Jayadev’. Later, in 1984 he initiated his journey as a music director from Odia film ‘Hira Nila’.
He was the music director of Odia film ‘Kathantara’. He has worked as a music director in about 41 films. Himansu Sekhar Khatua, director of SRFTI has condoled the demise of Nayak. Also, Dr Iti Samanta, editor of ‘Kadambini’ magazine has expressed grief over demise of the great music director.
Nayak has also lent voice in about six films as a singer while he has written lyrics in about 30 films.
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