Tulasi Apa

Tulasi Apa
Directed byAmiya Patnaik
Produced byAnupam Patnaik
StarringBarsha Nayak
Madhusmita
Sujit Paikray
Choudhury Bikas Das
Premanjan Parida
Lochani Bag
CinematographyArjun Jena
Music byPankaj Jal
Release dates
  • 2015 (2015) (Kolkata Film Festival)
  • 19 May 2017 (2017-05-19)
Running time
121 minutes
LanguageOdia

Tulasi Apa is a 2017 first Odia biographical film, produced by Anupam Patnaik and directed by Amiya Patnaik.[1] The film depicts the life of Tulasi Munda, an educator and social activist from Keonjhar, Odisha.[2] The film was released on 19 May 2017.[3]

The film introduces Barsha Nayak as the main protagonist. The film has been critically acclaimed and won numerous awards including Six Odisha State awards in 2015. It was officially selected in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Tehran and other film festivals. Barsha Nayak got the best actress award in Haryana Film festival. The film also won the best film award in Shimla Film Festival.[4]

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  2. ^ "[Watch] Tulasi Apa odia movie trailer - A biopic on social activist Tulasi Munda, release on May 19". Incredible Orissa. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ admin. "Tulasi Apa An Odia Biographical Film All Set To Release on 19th May 2017". WwGossip. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  4. ^ Bureau, ReportOdisha (15 October 2016). "Biopic 'Tulasi Apa' to be screened at Tehran Jasmine International Film Festival". ReportOdisha.com. Retrieved 15 January 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)