Akshaya Kumar Mohanty (Khoka Bhai), was born on October 12, 1937. In a one line
was a Singer, Music Composer, Lyricist and Director.
Mr. Mohanty had composed around thousand + songs and penned hundreds of super
hit evergreen Odia (Oriya) songs. During Fifties he started his journey as a
musician commenced with his interest in Odia (Oriya) music.
At the age of 22, he joined Govt. Job at Cuttack, Odisha. But after
7 years he gave resign from his job to devote full time to Odia (Oriya) music.
He commenced his playback singing career with the song “Gori Gori Gori” in the
year 1959 from the Odia (Oriya) Movie “Maa”. By Sixties, without any such formal
education in music, he had established himself as a one of most popular singer
in Odia (Oriya) music. Lack of proper training gave him a chance to explore
himself and to be more creative.
He was a pioneer of non-film modern Odia (Oriya) songs, basically based on
contemporary themes and ballads based on popular legends in Odisha (Orissa).
Apart from this he has also penned a few Odia (Oriya) novels, Odia short
stories, poems etc. He had also co-directed a Odia (Oriya) movie and has also
acted in three Cinemas.
He has won many millions of hearts of Odia people and also bagged many awards
for his perseverance and skill. He bagged the “Jayadev Award” : the highest
State Award in the Odia (Oriya) movies. He has also won the State Award for
“Best Playback Singer” 7 times and State Award for “Best Composer” 2 times.
Apart from this he has also received many awards from “Odisha (Orissa)
Cinecritic Association” and has established himself as the most skilled,
innovative and Instant Artist as a geniuses of modern Odisha (Orissa).
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