Mohammad Mohsin called popularly as Mohsin was an Indian actor, director and producer. In his movie career spanning more than 30 years across Bollywood, Odisha and West Bengal, he has acted and directed in many commercially successful movies. Mohsin started a revolution in commercial Odia movies and connected with the pulse of his audience. His movies ranged from social drama to action packed crime thrillers. Mohsin made his first Bollywood debut in the movie Naiyya, in which he played the character of Karim. Naiyya was produced and distributed by Rajshri Productions, which was a remake of Odia movie Shesha Shrabana, in which Mohsin played the character of a boat maker.

After working for a couple of years in Bollywood, Mohsin stepped in the acting scene of Odia film industry. In his initial days as an actor some of the characters which made Mohsin a favourite amongst movie goers were Bagha in Hisab Nikas,^[1] Raka in Maa-o-Mamata (1980), Mohsin played a school teacher who turns into a social reformist in the movie Balidan (1978). Mohsin's first directorial debut was with Odia movie, Phula Chandana (1982). Mohsin won Odisha State Film Awards for Best Director Best Director in the year 1982 for Phula Chandana.

Early life and background

Mohammad Mohsin was born in Cuttack, his schooling was in Sayeed Seminary High School, Cuttack, and completed his Bachelor in Arts from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. Mohsin's passion for arts and drama caught him early from college and he contested and was elected as secretary of the Dramatic Society of Ravenshaw College. He continued his passion towards drama and theatre by performing in Annapurna Theatre, Cuttack. Mohsin continued his contribution to the Odia film industry by helping Prashanta Nanda as an assistant director. From there, Mohsin in the Odia film industry was marked in the field of acting, direction, story, screenplay, dialogue and as a producer. Mohsin has acted in more than 14 movies, and directed in 16 movies. Mohsin's most notable movies^[2] were Phoola Chandana (1982), Danda Balunga (1980), Jaga Hatare Pagha (1985), Sahari Bagha (1985), Laxman Rekha (1996), and Santana (1998).

Mohsin as Anthony in Mamata ra Dori

Mohammad Mohsin as Nitei in Bidhir Bidhan

Mohammad Mohsin on the sets of Sahari Bagha

Mohammad Mohsin with Anuradha Paudwal

Filmography

External links

• Cinema of Odisha
• List of Odia-language films
• https://www.moviebuff.com/mohammad-mohsin
• https://odishanewsinsight.com/events/10-things-to-know-about-olden-days-of-odia-film-industry/
• https://www.gktoday.in/question/who-is-the-director-of-the-odia-movie-phula-chanda
• https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2015/jan/16/Void-in-Villainy-Hara-Patnaik-705753.html
• http://www.odishahistory.com/odia_film.html
• http://jajabara.com/odia-cast-Mohammad-Mohsin-Odisha274Cshwn99bs1s
• http://www.orissacinema.com/history/list_of_oriya_films.html
• https://www.mycitylinks.in/lord-jagannath-s-unwavering-influence-on-ollywood
• http://www.parouse.com/php/SummaryGet.php?FindGo=Oriya_film_industry
• https://www.odishanewstimes.com/2020/08/24/monsoon-sonata-odia-film-sesa-srabana-the-last-monsoon-1976/

References

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