Orissa Cinema

Ashok Pati is a renowned Odia director in Ollywood. He is known as a stylish director. His films are known for exotic locations and superb stylish costumes. This is due to his Bollywood connection. Before coming to the world of Odia films, he was an assistant director in Mumbai having assisted Milan Luthria in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Hindi movie Deewar. Ashok Pati also wrote story and screenplay for most of his films. He has assisted Sudhansu Sahu in the Odia film Sahara Jaluchi in 1998. 

Now Mr. Pati is all set to direct his new venture-Sapath-A war between two brothers. 

Satyaprakash with a towering personality is the savior of the downtrodden in the locality. He is extremely kind at heart but ruthless in providing justice to the needy. He is the one and only "Dadabhai" who comes to the rescue indiscriminately for everyone in the vicinity, but he blindly trusts "Pravu" to make impossible possible on his behalf. It is Satyapraksh's deep trust in "Pravu" for which the ruthless acts of rendering justice to the needy is carried out. Undoubtedly the enemies gather strength to launch a massive assault on Satyaprakash and plan to shatter his trust in "Pravu". Will they succeed?  

A Romantic thriller with world-class fusion music, Magnum Media Pvt. Ltd. will present the Oriya film "Sapath" to the people of Odisha as their Utkal Divas gift. This will be produced by Bibhuti Mishra and Ashok Mohapatra under the banner of Magnum Media Pvt. Ltd.  

Akash, Arachita and Ashok Pati are for the first time collaborating to promote a movie. Other star cast includes Anita Das, Mihr Das, Minaketan, Pintu Nanda, Pritiraj, Choudhary Jayprakash Das, Salil Mitra, Jeeban Panda etc. Producer Bibhuti Mishra and Ashok Mohapatra are quite confident with the powerful story line and strong star cast. 

The shooting is going to start from November, 2011 & the plan is to release the movie on April 1, 2012 to commemorate Utkal Divas.

Director Ashok Pati and the production house have made it very clear that there will be no compromise with the quality of the movie, and therefore the budget is not fixed. And this is going to target young masses as well as families. For the first time, two veteran music directors Goodly Rath and Prasant Padhi shall join their hands to make the music unique. Music is being scored by Prasant Padhi, where as Goodly Rath has arranged the music.

We at OrissaCinema wish the team of Sapath all the very best!