Sanjay Nayak is an Indian Oriya filmmaker. He regarded as one of the most successful filmmakers in Odisha. Nayak, the young filmmaker has directed 32 movies in a short career of 15yrs in the film industry. He has also produced several movies under his production house 'Sanjay Nayak Films'. He not only directs but also write scripts, lyrics and does the screenplay. He produced and directed Keun Duniaru Asila Bandhu which is the first science fiction in Oriya.
Records
Sanjay Nayak is nominated for the Limca Book of World Records for making censor of two films Dil Tate Deichi and Sasura Ghara Jindabad of the same director, same producer, same actor and same cameraman on the same day. Nayak directed the two films which were produced by Uttam Chand Jain under his production house Top Films. Sabyasachi was the hero of these two movies. The cameraman was S. Ranjan. Such a record is unique and is believed first of its kind in world cinema. In 2003, 2005 and 2008, 3 of his films released in each year which is a record in Indian Cinema. Nayak has directed actor and MP Siddhanta Mahapatra continuously in 8 movies and has worked with him in 12 films in total.
Skills
Sanjay Nayak is best known for his experiments in movies. He experimented with a hand in his very first movie Rakhi bandhili mo rakhiba mana which was completely new and fresh in Oriya films then. He presented 100 scorpions in his 2nd movieRahichi rahibi tori payeen. It was again the work of a wonderful graphic. Then in Dharmara Heba Jaya and Tate mo Rana he experimented with the leading male character. In Dharamara Heba Jaya actor Siddhant Mohapatra portrayed the character of the blind while in Tate mo Rana he portrayed the character of a soul when his character comes back even after his death. In both these films, his looks have experimented. He experimented with a dog in Babu I love You, with a cow and sheep in To Bina Mo Kahani Adha, with the skeleton in De Maa Shakti De, with magic in To Payeen Nebi Mu Sahe Janama.
He directed Keun Duniaru Asila Bandhu under his own production house where he showed an alien first time in Oriya films. It is the first sci-fi movie in Oriya and was not a remake of Koi mil Gaya or ET. Nayak also showed child sentiments in his movies Rahichi rahibi tori payeen and To Payeen Nebi Mu Sahe Janama were child actors Chandan and Piyali portrayed major characters respectively.
Sanjay Nayak has been awarded the best director on multiple occasions along with awards in the category of best scriptwriter, best story writer in his film career. Prominently, he was awarded the Odisha Film State Award for his movie Pagala Karichi Paunji Tora. He has been awarded by 'Chalachitra Jagat' & 'Banichitra' as Best Director on 5 different occasions. Overall, Sanjay has received more than 100 awards from different organizations for his body of work. Notably, Sanjay Nayak was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2018 for his contributions to cinema in Odisha. A few of his awards are listed below:
Best Director for Rahichi Rahibi Tori Payeen in 2003
Best Director for Sakhi Rahila Ae Singha Duara in 2004
