Mandira dam is located in Orissa, India. It is built across Sankh river. It is located 16 km upstream from Madira. The water from the dam is used for Rourkela Steel Plant. Construction of the dam began after 1957. The dam displaced 2400 families and only 843 were resettled.

The reservoir offers boating facilities for tourists and the nearest railway station is located in Rourkela. The dam also can be reached from Rourkela by taxis, autorickshaws and irregular bus service.

Nearest railway station is kansbahal railway station. it can also be reached from rourkela as direct bus service from rourkela to mandira is available. It is a place of scenic beauty and now a place of heavy tourist attraction.

Vikram Bhatt (Hindi: विक्रम भट्ट, born 27 January 1969) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has more than 21 films to his credit. He is also the creative head of a conglomerate called ASA Productions.

Vikram is the grandson of Vijay Bhatt{Malik}, one of the pioneer of Indian films, and the son of cinematographer Pravin Bhatt.

Bhatt started his career in 1982, at the age of 14, with the late director Mukul Anand in Anand's first film, Kanoon Kya Karega, working with him for six and a half months. Bhatt's last film with Mukul was the Indian cinema classic Agneepath, for which he was a Chief Assistant.

Subsequently, Bhatt worked with director Shekhar Kapur for two and a half years and later with director Mahesh Bhatt for two years, on films including Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and Junoon.

His career as a director began with the film Jaanam, which was produced by Mukesh Bhatt. His first four films did not do well at the box office, his first success coming with the film Fareb. Following this, he had a string of successful films such as Ghulam, Kasoor, Raaz and Awara Paagal Deewana . After Awara Paagal Deewana , he entered a phase where his films did not do particularly well except for the odd Deewane Huye Paagal and the semi-biopic Ankahee.

Paoli (or Paoli') Dam (Bengali: পাওলি দাম; 4 October 1980) is an Indian Bengali actress. She is from Kolkata and came into prominence with her 2009 Bengali film - Kaalbela, directed by notable Director Gautam Ghose.

She did her schooling the Loreto Schools, Kolkata. Later, she attended the Vidyasagar College in Kolkata, from where graduated in chemistry with honours. Subsequently she also earned a postgraduate degree in chemistry at the Rajabazar Science College of the University of Calcutta.

She started her career in a mega serial 'Tithir Atithi" replacing another actress **** Mitra^{[citation needed]}.Paoli had come into the focus after the success of Kaalbela directed by Gautam Ghose. After that She was selected for a role in Italo Spinelli's film 'Choli Ke Peeche' after Shahana Goswami and Nandana Sen backed out of the project citing excess of nudity involved. Paoli made her debut with the Bengali film Agnipariksha in 2006. She was also featured in Shob Charitro Kalponik, Bipasha Basu's debut Bengali film directed by Rituparno Ghosh.

Tisca Chopra (born 1 November 1969) is a contemporary actor in the Indian film industry. Her big break in films came via Taare Zameen Par (2007), which won her awards and accolades including a National Award nomination. She followed it up with the award winning Firaaq (2008). She subsequently featured in films that gave her a fresh batch of commercial and critical acclaim. Also known for her sartorial choices and sense of style, Tisca is often on the best dressed lists in India.

Tisca was born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh into a family of educationists. She graduated from Apeejay School, Noida, in 1987, where her father was principal of her school. Later she studied English Literature at Hindu College, University of Delhi, she also started working actively with amateur theatre in the college. While still at college, she started writing for several publications and also acting in plays for an amateur theatre group and college festivals. After finishing her education, she moved to Mumbai, and trained in acting with theatre gurus Feroz Abbas Khan and Naseeruddin Shah.