bhubaneswar actor jharana das one of the finest actors since black and white film era passed away at her residence in cuttack late on thursday night the 82yearold was suffering from old agerelated ailmentsdas had received the prestigious jayadev award for the year 1997 from the odisha government for outstanding contributions to odia film industry people remember her performance in odia films theatre radio drama and voiceover artpresident droupadi murmu condoled her death saddened to know about the demise of legendary odia actress jharana das she will always be remembered for her outstanding contribution to the odia film industry my deepest condolences to the family and her admirers said murmu in a tweet chief minister naveen patnaik expressed grief over her demise and announced that the last rites of das will be performed with full state honours union education minister dharmendra pradhan bjp leader baijayant panda and other eminent personalities condoled the death of the actor many wellwishers actors and intellectuals visited her residence at chandi road to pay their last respects her scintillating performances in odia films including amada bata 1963 malajanha 1965 nabajanma 1965 abhinetri 1965 adina megha 1970 sri jagannath 1979 hisab nikas 1982 and pujaphula 1985 had won her widespread fame and recognition she had worked in around 40 films as the female lead and character artiste das an ardent radio fan started her journey with all india radio her stint with air and doordarshan helped her produce many creative content in drama song film and other genres she had also directed a biographical documentary film on freedom fighter and former odisha chief minister harekrushna mahatab but it was shelved said film historian surya deo das retired from doordarshan as station director in 2000 she had taken voice culture training in kolkata to add value to her acting career her husband was the cameraman of malajanha odia film