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| parents = Durga Charan Pattnaik

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'''Kalicharan PatnaikPattnaik''' also known by his sobriquet '''Kabichandra''' was an eminent literary and artistic figure of Odisha. He had contributions in the field of Odia[[Odissi music]], [[Odissi|Odissi dance]] and dramaOdia theatre. He had significant contributions to development early Odia cinema as well. He was born on 23rd23 December 1898 in the then princely state of [[Baramba, India|Badamba]].<ref name="Samal 2022 p. 24">{{cite book | last=Samal | first=A.P.S. | title=PERSONALITIES OF ODISHA | publisher=Shubhdristi Publication | year=2022 | isbn=978-93-5593-204-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4NtEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 | access-date=2022-06-06 | page=24 | archive-date=2022-06-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627102107/https://books.google.com/books?id=e4NtEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 | url-status=live }}</ref> His compositions in various traditional ragas are widely sung in the field of Odissi music and dance.<ref name=":122">{{Cite book |last=Parhi |first=Dr. Kirtan Narayan |title=The Classicality of Orissi Music |publisher=Maxcurious Publications Pvt. Ltd. |year=2017 |isbn=9788193215128 |location=India |pages=383 |author-link=Kirtan Narayan Parhi}}</ref>

Kalicharan PatnaikPattnaik was born on 23rd23 December 1898 in the then princely state of [[Baramba, India|Badamba]]. He got his early education from Charchika school of Banki. After his education in Banki, he got into Khurda High School and after matriculation for higher education he went to Ravenshaw College Cuttack, but untimely death of his father in 1919 put a stop to his further educational career.<ref name="ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବିଭବ Odia Bibhaba">{{cite web | title=Kabichandra Kalicharan Patnaik | website=ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବିଭବ Odia Bibhaba | url=https://odiabibhaba.in/en/compilations/kabichandra-e/ | language=or | access-date=2022-06-06 | archive-date=2022-06-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627102109/https://odiabibhaba.in/en/compilations/kabichandra-e/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=କଳାର କିମ୍ବଦନ୍ତୀ |url=https://www.dharitri.com/e-Paper/Bhubaneswar/231217/p6.htm |website=dharitri.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220607051233/https://www.dharitri.com/e-Paper/Bhubaneswar/231217/p6.htm |archive-date=7 June 2022 |accessdate=24 January 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> After his end of his forma education he took up a job as a Sub-inspector of Schools at Khandapara , Ganjam.

Kalicharan had a keen interest in drama during his school days. He produced a play ''Babaji'' and with the help of his school friends. It was inspired from another play ''Kanchi Kaveri'' by Ramashankar Ray. HeIn gothis childhood, he trained in [[Odissi music|Odissi classical music]] from musicianlegends such as Pt Basudeb Mahapatra and Khanu Mian.<ref name=":122"/> Later he learned under Madhava Rao while in College. He came to Cuttack after serving as Sub-inspector of Schools at Khandapara for few years. After the death of Sudam Charan Nayak he was involved with Odia newspaper ''UtkalUtkala Dipika''. He was also the Assistant editor of 'Mukura' of Brajasundar Das.

In the year 1922 he left ''Utkala Dipika'' and ''Mukura'' and went to Mayurbhanj. There he became a dramatist. A drama group was founded in Mayurbhanj under his guidance. Kalicharan became very much interested in the traditional ''Chhau'' dance of Mayurbhanj. He introduced several new features in it from the Odisha's classical dance style Odisi . From Mayurbhanj he went to Agra and got trained in ''Thumuri'' who was [[Malkajaan AgrawaliOdissi]]. After his marriage he came to Puri and became a courtroyal musician[[Odissi music]]ian and advisor of Puri Raja Gajapati Ramachandra DebDeba. During his stay at Puri he edited a weekly , ''Puribasi'' . By his efforts in Puri Sangita Prabha was published for the first time as a monthly musical magazine. He was honoured by the Gajapati as Kabichandra for his musical compositions. In 1925 during his stay in Puri he started a [[Rasa Lila]] to introduce new energy to Odishi music and plays. From 1926 to 1939 his version of Rasa Lila gained wide popularity statewide for the performances in the famous cultural events like Utkala Sahitya Samaj and others. Thereafter he focused his attention towards social and historical plays. His first famous social play titled ''Pratisodha'' was staged in 1937. By 1939 he had published numerous compositions on Rasalila and plays, several devotional songs and children literature. From 1939 to 1950 a theatre group named as ''New Odisha Theatre'' became famous under his stewardship.<ref name="The Administrator 1998 p. 4-PA205">{{cite book | title=The Administrator | publisher=Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. | issue=v. 43 | year=1998 | issn=2319-6157 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bYSFAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA205 | access-date=2022-06-20 | page=4-PA205 | archive-date=2022-06-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627102107/https://books.google.com/books?id=bYSFAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA205 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Chakravorty Gupta 2012 p. 266">{{cite book | last1=Chakravorty | first1=P. | last2=Gupta | first2=N. | title=Dance Matters: Performing India on Local and Global Stages | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-136-51612-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQly7wn0C5sC&pg=PA266 | access-date=2022-06-20 | page=266 | archive-date=2022-06-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627102107/https://books.google.com/books?id=KQly7wn0C5sC&pg=PA266 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="अमीना: अफ्रीका के स्त्री-जीवान की मर्म-कथा 2007 p. 187">{{cite book | title=अमीना: अफ्रीका के स्त्री-जीवान की मर्म-कथा | publisher=वाणी प्रकाशन | year=2007 | isbn=978-81-8143-605-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQwnmxpsqjEC&pg=PA187 | language=hi | access-date=2022-06-20 | page=187 | archive-date=2022-06-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627102108/https://books.google.com/books?id=xQwnmxpsqjEC&pg=PA187 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Mohanty Patnaik Ratha Das 2002 p. ">{{cite book | last1=Mohanty | first1=G. | last2=Patnaik | first2=J.K. | last3=Ratha | first3=S.K. | last4=Das | first4=H.C. | last5=Pattanayak | first5=A.K. | last6=Satpathy | first6=H. | title=Cultural Heritage of [Orissa]: Dhenkanal | publisher=State Level Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Smruti Samsad | series=Cultural Heritage of [Orissa] | year=2002 | isbn=978-81-902761-0-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cENQAQAAIAAJ | access-date=2022-06-20 | page=}}</ref>

{{Odissi Classical Music sidebar}}In Odia literature Drama was mostly focussed on some restrictive categories such as mythology. Kalicharan broke this restriction with his dramas with socially relevant topics. <ref name="George Sahitya Akademi 1992 p. 308">{{cite book | last=George | first=K.M. | author2=Sahitya Akademi | title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | series=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology | year=1992 | isbn=978-81-7201-324-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA308 | access-date=2022-06-07 | page=308 | archive-date=2022-06-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627102109/https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA308 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Senapati 2017 p. 127">{{cite book | last=Senapati | first=R.M. | title=Art and Culture of Orissa | publisher=Publications Division | year=2017 | isbn=978-93-5409-535-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBpyEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT127 | access-date=2022-06-07 | page=127 | archive-date=2022-06-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627102108/https://books.google.com/books?id=HBpyEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT127 | url-status=live }}</ref>

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