National Road Safety Short Film Festival 2022: Jajpur’s Priyadarshini wins ‘Best Acting Award,’ check full list here

Bhubaneswar: Minor girl N. Priyadarshini Sahoo of Jajpur has reportedly won the ‘Best Child Acting award’ in the recently concluded National Road Safety Short Film Festival 2022.

Priyadarshini Sahoo, who is studying in class one, won the ‘best actress award’ for her acting skills in the short film ‘Thank you Baba.’ She received a cash award of Rs 25,000 along with the certificate and trophy.

The short film ‘Thank you Baba,’ is directed by Priyadarshini Sahoo’s father Biswajit Sahoo of Gokhanpur village. She is belonged to AHWAN: Socio-Cultural Organization in Jajpur.

A total of 230 short films from 8 states including Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Andhra Pradesh were part of the festival which was conducted by State Transport Authority Odisha at Town Hall, Puri on Saturday.

Only 42 films were shortlisted in the first phase and later six films 3 non-Odia and 3 Odia films were chosen for the final round.

Here’s the list of awardees

Odia Category

Best Film

• Winner- Rakhi from Balasore- Screenplay &Direction- Manmay Dey- Rs 100,000
• First Runner up- Start from Bhubaneswar –produced by Digital Dreams, Directed by Jitendra Sethi- Rs 80,000
• Second Runner Up- Helmet- Wear Helmet Properly from Bhubaneswar–Rs 60,000

Written & directed by Kalinga Jaysingh

Individual awards

• Best Cinematography – DIBYARANJAN MOHAPATRA, The Last Ride from Bhubaneswar- 25,000
• Best Screenplay– GULSHAN MOHANTA, Kabaach from Baripada–25,000
• Best Direction– MANMAY DEY, Rakhi from Balasore- 25,000
• Best Acting– Kalyani Panda, Na Aau Nuhen from Bhubaneswar & N.Priyadarshini Sahoo, Thank you Baba from Jajpur-25,000

Non-Odia Category

Best Film

• Winner- The Power of 2 Seconds from Bangalore– Screenplay & Direction by Pankaj Gupta-100,000
• Second Runner Up- Awake from Kerala, directed by Sreenath S- Rs 80,000
• First Runner up- I Am on the Way from Berhampur by MAHESH STR- Rs 60,000

Individual awards

• Best Cinematography – Vivek Vijayan, Awake –Kerala- Rs 25,000
• Best Screenplay- Rohan Yadav, Stuck- Bhubaneswar –Rs 25,000
• Best Direction- Om Panigrahi, Whisper of The crown, Bhubaneswar & Vivek Vijayan, End Joy, Kerala –Rs 25,000
• Best Acting Swadhiti & Shitilagna , Sadak from KV, Koraput-Rs 25,000

Special Jury Award

• Animation- Thrill can Kill – Berhampur- Rs 10,000
• Santhali film – Anhela from Rairangpur-Rs 10,000