VETERAN ODIA SINGER PRANAB PATTNAIK PASSED AWAY

* BORN ON 20th JANUARY 1938

* PASSED AWAY ON - 21ST AUGUST 2026 

* VETERAN ODIA PLAYBACK SINGER PRANAB PATTNAIK PASSED AWAY ON 21ST AUGUST 2026 

*HIS FATHER - LATE LAL MOHAN PATTNAIK ( FORMER SPEAKER ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY )

* HE STARTED HIS CARRER IN 1958 ( WITH THE FILM MAA)

* HE GAVE HIS VOICE MORE THAN 200 FILMS.

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* HE WON 7 STATE FILM AWARDS ( ONLY ODIAN TO WIN) 

* SINDURA BINDU (1976) 

* ASTARANGA (1982) 

* JHIA TI SITA PARI ( 1983) 

* KANYADANA (1988) 

* PRATISHODHA APARADHA NUHEN (1989) 

* ASHA (1993) 

* ODISHA SANGEET NATAKA ACADEMY AWARD (1997/98) 

* 2011 - PRAFULLA KAR SAMMAN 

* 2016 - JAYADEV SAMMAN 

* 2017 - GANGADHAR RATHA MEMORIAL AWARD 

* 2023 - BALAKRISHNA DAS MEMORIAL AWARD