Odia Sound Designer Shines in Filmfare Award

Bhubaneswar (Pramit Pramathes): Odisha-born sound designer Nihar Ranjan Samal, who has several Bollywood films to his name, has added one more jewel to his crest by winning the Filmfare Award in Best Sound Design category for the movie Uri: The Surgical Strike.

Ahead of the 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 scheduled to be held on February 15, nominations and declaration of technical and short film awards for the year were announced on February 2. After completing academical studies from Utkal University, in the state capital, Nihar Ranjan, a resident of Jajpur, joined FTII, Pune in 1994 for a post-graduate diploma course in sound engineering.

Nihar has worked in movies like Padmavati, Sanju, Bajirao Mastani, 3 Idiots, Vicky Donor, Tanu Weds Manu, Ferrari Ki Sawaari, Lafangey Parinde and Madras Cafe. He won the National Award for Madras Cafe in 2013 and has also bagged Zee Cine, Producers Guild and IIFA awards.