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'''Bijaya Jena''' is an actress, and a [[National Film Award]] winning director from Orissa. Following a diploma in acting at the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII), she acted in films such as  KA Abbas's The Naxalites, Kamal Amrohi's Razia Sultan, Ketan Mehta's Holi, and Nicholas Meyer's The Deceivers. Between 1992 to 1995, she served on the FTII Governing Council.

==Awards==

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! Year !! Award!! Category !! Film
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|1984 || Odisha State Film Awards ||Best Actress ||Jaga Balia
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|1992 || National Film Award ||Best Regional Film (Odia)||Tara
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|2012|| 3rd Real Vision Odisha Film Fair Awards || Lifetime Dedication Award ||
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==Member of the Jury==
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! Year !! Festival /Award!! Country
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| 1993|| National Film Awards || India
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| 2007|| [[Fajr International Film Festival]] || Iran
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| 2011 || Kish International Film Festival || Iran
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| 20212 || [[Roshd International Film Festival]] || Iran
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| 2015 || [[Golden Apricot International Film Festival]] || Armenia
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| 2015 || [[International Film Festival of India]] (IFFI) || India
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| 2016 || Goa State Film Festival Awards || India
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| 2017 || [[Bengaluru International Film Festival]] || India
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| 2017 || India's official entry for the Oscar ||
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| 2018 || [[Dhaka International Film Festival]] || Bangladesh
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| 2018 || [[Aswan International Women's Film Festival]] || Egypt
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| 2019 || [[Rain International Nature Film Festival]] ||
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| 2019 || [[Kolkata International Film Festival]] || India
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| 2020 || Herat International Women's Film Festival || Afghanistan
|-| India
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| 2021 || Rome Independent Film Festival || Italy
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| 2022 || Rain International Nature Film Festival || India
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| 2022 || [[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]] || Estonia
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| 2023 || Rain International Nature Film Festival || India
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| 2024 || Bengaluru International Film Festival || Karnataka
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| 2025 || Fajr International Film Festival || Iran
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==External links==
*[https://www.encorefilms.net/ Official website]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420671/ Bijaya Jena] on IMDb