It has been a life-transforming experience for Sabysachi Mishra. For well over three months now, the popular Ollywood actor with the boy-next-door image has been on a mission: helping out people in distress with rations and medical supplies, caring for and comforting those in distress due to the Coronavirus pandemic and facilitating the return of Odia students and migrant workers stranded in cities outside the state due to the prolonged, nationwide lockdown. He has spent almost 15 lakh rupees in the process. But the deep-felt gratitude of the hundreds he has helped out and the goodwill of millions of Odias looking for a real-life ‘hero’ have compensated for the financial loss several times over. No wonder he has promptly earned the sobriquet “Odisha’s Sonu Sood!”