Veteran Music Director Saroj Patnaik is No More

Baripada (Reporters Today Bureau): Veteran Odia music director Saroj Patnaik passed away following heart attack yesterday. He was 81.

Saroj breathed his last at his residence at Badabazar area in Baripada town of Mayurbhanj district. He was suffering from prolonged illness.

Saroj Patnaik, an engineer by profession, had begun his career in Odia film industry as the music director in the movie ‘Abhiman’ in 1977. He had composed and directed several Ollywood hits including ‘Phula Chandana’, ‘Abhilash’ and ‘Hakim Babu’.