Actor Asit Patra shoots first Odia cineplay

Renowned theatre and film actor

Asit Patra

is currently working on an innovative project. He is shooting what is claimed to be the first Odia cineplay. The actor, who basically works in Mumbai, said that he has adapted renowned playwright Vijay Tendulkar’s Marathi play

Sakharam Binder

. The Odia

cineplay

has the same title.

“It’s like a play that’s performed and shot simultaneously. We used three cameras for the shoot. We also needed a lot of rehearsal prior to the shoot,” said Asit, who is also directing the project along with Sunil Pattnaik.

Several well-known faces of

Ollywood

like Pintu Nanda,

Shweta Acharya

and

Sujit Paikray

along with newcomer Rashmanjali are part of the project. Asit plays the titular role.

Talking about the technical aspects of the shoot, he said it’s different from basic videography of a play being performed on stage. “We had a stage setup and cameras were fixed in a way that allowed them to capture various shots of different characters. We shot the scenes like a movie with the three cameras working simultaneously. But it’s different from a normal film shoot,” he said, adding the project is under post-production currently.