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Balakrishna Mohanty was born in 1900,he is the best among the odia opera writers of the present century, was born in the village Palasol in Cuttack District. He studied upto Class IX, married at the age of 17 and devoted himself entirely to music, songs and drama. In 1921, on the Kumarpurnima day, he founded an opera Party called ‘Jayadurga Natyamandali’.

His first opera ‘Vijayavasanta’ which was staged by his own party in the village got wide appreciation. He wrote a number of social musical plays like Sushilamalati,Amaravilasa, Vasantamallika, Nirmalaprabha and etc. alongwith a few mythological works like Banaparajaya, Rukminiparinaya, Khandavadahan and Sri Ramavanagamana etc. All these plays were acted by his own opera party both in and outside odisha and he was widely acclaimed as the best dramatist and the best opera organisor in odisha.

Odia Books By Balakrishna Mohanty

Sushilamalati
Amaravilasa
Banaparajaya
Rukminiparinaya
Vasantamallika
Nirmalaprabha
Kumudakedar