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Prashanta Nanda

Prashanta Nanda
ପ୍ରଶାନ୍ତ ନନ୍ଦ
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Nanda in TeachAIDS interview, 2013
Member: 12th and 14th Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2014
Preceded by Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Succeeded by Prasanta Kumar Jagadev
Constituency Begunia
In office
2000–2004
Preceded by Harihara Sahoo
Succeeded by Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Constituency Begunia
Personal details
Born Prashanta Nanda
(1947-05-02) 2 May 1947 (age 70)
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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