Kalicharan Pattnaik

Kalicharan Pattnaik is a director, music director and lyricist in Odia cinema, credited on Saakhi Gopinath (1978).

Kalicharan Pattnaik (23 December 1898 – 24 July 1978), also known by his sobriquet Kabichandra, was an eminent literary and artistic figure of Odisha. He had contributions in the field of Odissi music, Odissi dance and Odia theatre. He had significant contributions to development early Odia cinema as well. His compositions in various traditional ragas are widely sung in the field of Odissi music and dance.

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