Myollywood: Uttam Mohanty

Uttam Mohanty is one of the most popular Ollywood stars. Uttam Mohanty was born at Mayurbhanj. He acted more than 135 Odia films and in 30 Bengali films. He also acted in Hindi film Naya Zaher along with Bollywood star Mithun Chakraborty. Uttam now opted seriously for being an actor, and slowly stabilised his position in the Oriya film industry

He completed his early education from M.K.C High School & M.P.C. college of Baripada, After matriculation he joined Maharaja Purnachandra College for intermediate in science. During his college days he was inclined more towards acting. After completing graduation in commerce he went to Ludhiana for chartered accountancy.

In 1977 he debut with film Abhiman which was a box office hit movie for that year, Sadhu Meher was the director of this movie. His Co-actress Rita Chand was also debuting in that film. He got an offer from director Dhir Biswal for his upcoming film titled Gouri. Later that role was given to Prasanta Nanda. The next film he did was "Pati Patni" opposite Mahasweta Ray. Then a streak of films like "Nijhum ratira sathi", "Chinha Achhinha", "Ramayana", Tapasya, Ram Balram happened. By the time he was established as a romantic star. the best time of his career is 1980s and he dominated the Oriya film industry. He excelled in all kinds of roles: Romantic, Village Lad, Character. Abhiman, Danda Balunga, Bhakta Salabega are even remembered today for his stupendous acting.

In the early eighties he played in almost 20 movies opposite leading actress Mahasweta Ray (Rasmi Ray). Though they fell in love and decided to marry, the love did not last long, and the pair separated. Over fifty of his films are opposite Aparajita Mohanty, his wife. They first appeared together in Astaraga (1982), and married on 17 May 1987 in Municipality Guest House, Bhubaneswar. Other heroines who have acted opposite him include Anita, Sujata, Tandra, Deepa, Baisali, Subhra Pati, and Rachana Bannerje. He was also contributed to music albums and Bhajaas.

Uttam Mohanty now lives in Bhubaneswar. Currently, he is working for Oriya tele-serials and movies, and interested in enhancing his knowledge in the area of politics. He and Aparajita Mohanty have a son named Tanmay Mohanty(Babusan). Now days Babusan one of famous actor of Ollywood industry.