Mohapatra, Shri Sidhant

Siddhanta Mahapatra was born at Brahmapur, Odisha to Shri Manmohan Mohapatra and Smt. Kanak Mohapatra.
He completed his schooling from St. Vincent's Convent School, Berhampur, and did his under graduation (known as Plus-Two in Odisha) and graduation in commerce from D.D. College, Keonjhar. He completed his master's degree from the Institute of Marketing and Management, Delhi. Both his father, Dr. Manmohan Mohapatra, and his mother are doctors. He was married to Bengali and Odia actress Rachana Banerjee. They divorced in the year 2004 at a family court in Cuttack. He is now married to former actress Mama Mishra, and has a daughter Saisiddhi Mahapatra.

His first Odia film came in 1993 at the age of 27 at the behest of his cousin brother. He has acted in more than 150 films. His debut film, Shradhanjali, starred Lekha Nanda as the female lead

An Actor turned Politician joined Biju Janata Dal in 2009 and contested as MP from Berhampur constituency in the 2009 "15th Lok Sabha" Election. He won the election and is the Member of Parliament for Berhampur constituency. He has won the 2014 General election for the second time by a thumping margin of nearly one lakh votes amidst stiff competition from UPA and NDA and retained his seat.