Noted Odia Film Editor Deben Mishra Passes Away At Pvt Hospital In Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Odia movie editor Deben Mishra died after suffering a cardiac arrest here late on Saturday.

He was admitted to a private hospital where he breathed his last.

An alumnus of The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, he started his career in Bollywood and was the assistant editor in the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’.

After working in 30 to 40 films in Mumbai, he returned to Odisha in 1997. After working for a few years in a news channel, he made his foray into Odia film industry in 2004.

After working in 50 to 60 Odia films, he returned to television as head of post-production and creative head of an entertainment channel in 2007.

In 2011, Mishra returned to Ollywood again and started working with film director Sabyasachi Mohapatra.

His elder brother, Gagarin Mishra, is a well-known cameraman and works with National Geographic.