Nityananda Palit

{{more citations needed|date=August 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox person |image = |image_size = |alt = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|03|08}} |birth_place = Cuttack |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1990|07|26|1923|03|08}} |death_place = Cuttack |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates =  |other_names = Nitai Palit |known_for = |education = |alma_mater = |spouse = |children = |parents = Nagendranath Palit and Sarojini Devi |awards = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Nityananda Palit''', known as '''Nitai Palit''' (8 March 1923 – 26 July 1990) was a playwright, actor and director. In 1965, he received the President's Award from Indira Gandhi for direction in his film ''Malajahna''. This was the first Oriya film ever to be awarded the 'Silver Lotus' for direction and is still considered a classic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa: Nitai Palit, the first Oriya film director|url=http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEntertainmentNews.asp?id=28652|publisher=orissadiary.com|accessdate=21 October 2012|archive-date=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307180943/http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEntertainmentNews.asp?id=28652|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Filmography == *Kedar Gouri (1954) (actor and directed) *''Malajahna'' (1965) (screenplay and directed) * *''Kie Kahara'' (1968) (written and directed) * ''Krushna Sudama'' (1976) (produced and directed) *''Bandhu Mahanty'' (1977) (written and directed) * ''Anurag'' (1980) (produced and directed) * ''Kie Jite Kie Hare'' (1981) (directed) *

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