Mahurat of Odia film held in city temple

The mahurat of the upcoming

Odia film

,

Kiye Heba Mo Heroine

, was held on the premises of a city temple recently. The film’s cast and crew were present at the event.

Mumbai-based Odia actor

Asit Patra

plays the male lead in the film opposite actress

Mahima Chaudhury

and model-turned-actress Sonam Das, who is going to make her debut with this film. Asit, who has been active in Hindi theatre and TV serials, had earlier acted in two Odia films, Bhairav and Nayakra Naa Devdas, which was the Odia adaptation of Devdas. The actor is hopeful that he would get a chance to portray a different kind of role in this flick. Mahima, who had acted in Chaal Tike Dushta Heba and Love You Priya, told us that the story would reflect the life of people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

The film also features several veteran actors like Sritam Dash, Pintu Nanda, Bidusmita, Pusspa Panda, Dipa, Saroj Samal and others. Bijayalaxmi Panda has written the story while Rajani Ranjan has penned the screenplay. Prasant Lenka is the director. Agniraj Kishore will score the music while Lubun-Tubun will choreograph the song and dance sequences.

Speaking about the film, the director said, “The film is a love triangle, which shows the lifestyle of the LGBTQIA+ community. We feel this community needs to be given space in films and hope that people will accept this film.”

According to him, the shooting of the film will start very soon and will be shot in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and at some other locations within the state.