Prashanta Nanda
| Prashanta Nanda | |
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| ପ୍ରଶାନ୍ତ ନନ୍ଦ | |
Nanda in TeachAIDS interview, 2013
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| Member: 12th and 14th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 2009–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| Succeeded by | Prasanta Kumar Jagadev |
| Constituency | Begunia |
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In office 2000–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Harihara Sahoo |
| Succeeded by | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| Constituency | Begunia |
| Personal details | |
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Prashanta Nanda 2 May 1947 Odisha, India |
| Political party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Other political affiliations |
Nationalist Congress Party, Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Anupama Nanda |
| Occupation | Actor, director, screenplay writer, lyricist, playback singer, politician |
Prashanta Nanda (born 2 May 1947) is an Oriya movie actor and politician in the Indian state of Odisha. He worked in the Oriya film industry as an actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer. He was also the former Minister of State of Odisha.
In 1962, he debuted in the movie Nua Bou. Nanda worked as an actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer. Nanda acted as male lead and directed the Hindi film Naiyya released in the year 1979. In 2009, his film Jianta Bhoota was released.
He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) leader and Odisha state Vice President. He resigned from his membership in August 2007. After that he joined the Nationalist Congress Party and then became a member of Biju Janata Dal.
In 2013, it was announced that he had joined other Bollywood and international celebrities in the TeachAIDS initiative, a state-of-the-art approach to worldwide HIV prevention, developed at Stanford University.
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