Bhubaneswar: Binodini Devi, Odisha’s first woman lyricist, breathed her last in Angul on Monday morning. She was 84.
Born in 1937 in Tigiria, Cuttack district, Binodini Devi was a lyricist of Akashvani (All India Radio) and wrote songs for Akashvani, Doordarshan, Odia films, and other broadcasting mediums.
Her journey as a lyricist in Ollywood (Odia film industry) began with the film ‘Malajanha’ released in 1965. She became popular with her songs for the movies ‘Tapoi’ (1978), ‘Sri Jagannath’ (1979), ‘Maha Sati Savitri’ (1983) and ‘Jay Jagannath’ (2007).
Her songs were also published in book forms such as ‘Khokitie Khokitie’ (children’s song collection, 1986), ‘Amruta’ (devotional song collection, 1996), ‘Tiki Tiki Nali Kaincha’ (children’s poem collection, 1999) and ‘Aei Kala Mor Kalank’ (modern song collection, 2000).
