Career
He was known for his experimentalism and deep socio-political awareness, who became most known in the 1960s with his experimental theatre. In a career spanning over four decades, his plays include Janmamati (Land of Birth) written in 1943 and his latest Nandika Kesari which appeared in 1985. Born in 1923 in a village near Cuttack, he did his schooling in Kunjang near Paradip, completing his intermediate in 1942.
Thereafter he joined Ravenshaw College in Cuttack.
He joined All India Radio where he rose to the level of Producer Emeritus. His other plays are Jauban (Youth), August Na (The Ninth August 1947), Baxi Jagabandhu (The Sacrifice of Jagabandhu), Agami (The Oncoming), Abarodha (The Seize), Kathagodha (The Wooden Horse), and Sabdalipi (The Word-script).
