Bhubaneswar: Veteran Odia movie editor Deben Mishra passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar due to cardiac arrest late Saturday night, family sources said.
Mishra complained of feeling uneasy at about 6:30pm Saturday evening. His family members took him to a private hospital and admitted him there. However, he breathed his last at around 8.30 pm.
Mishra’s last rites were performed at the crematorium in Satya Nagar in presence of family members and close friends.
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A student of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune, Mishra started his career in Hindi movie industry back in 1978. He worked as an assistant editor in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’.
After working as an editor in 30 to 40 films in Mumbai, he returned to Odisha in 1997.
Mishra had edited more than 80 Odia films. He debuted with movie ‘Pua Mora Kala Thakura’ and won State Film Award for ‘Paradesi Chadhei’ and ‘Kasia Kapila’.
PNN
