# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nitai-palit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:24:37.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nitai-palit"
name: "Nitai Palit"
slug: "nitai-palit"
description: "Nityananda Palit, known as Nitai Palit was a playwright, actor and director. In 1965, he received the President's Award from Indira Gandhi for direction in his film Malajahna. This was the first Oriya film ever to be awarded the 'Silver Lotus' for direction and is still considered a classic."
tagline: "Odia director (1923-1990)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1923-03-08"
deathDate: "1990-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           32.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.734593333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657706/"
    handle:    "nm0657706"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%B9"
    title: "نتئی پالٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "نيتاى پاليت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitai_Palit"
    title: "Nitai Palit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nityananda_Palit"
    title: "Nityananda Palit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%87_%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B2%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A4"
    title: "ନିତାଇ ପାଲିତ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%A4_%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9A"
    title: "ᱱᱤᱛᱟᱭᱤ ᱯᱟᱞᱤᱛᱚ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q770376"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2821232"
    title: "Nitai Palit"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump