Before the 1999 Super Cyclone there were around 300 single-screen cinema halls in Odisha, and currently just around 50 single screens exist here. With no one to head the Odisha Film Development Corporation (OFDC) several proposals to revive the film industry have been gathering dust.

Before the 1999 Super Cyclone there were around 300 single-screen cinema halls in Odisha, and currently just around 50 single screens exist here. With no one to head the Odisha Film Development Corporation (OFDC) several proposals to revive the film industry have been gathering dust.