Jahnu Barua

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Jahnu Barua
A Portrait of the Jury Member of 37th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2006) (Asian - African - Latin American Competition) Jahnu Barua, (Director from Assam, India).jpg
Born (1952-10-18) 18 October 1952 (age 72)
Sivasagar, Assam, India
Occupation(s)Film director, writer, producer
Spouse
Gayatri Barua (Naumi)
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(m. 1989)​
ChildrenOzu Barua (Actor)
Awards

Jahnu Barua (born 1952) is an Indian film director. He has written and directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films. Some of his notable films are Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987), Firingoti (1992), Xagoroloi Bohu Door (1995), Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara (2005), Konikar Ramdhenu (2003), Baandhon (2012), and Ajeyo (2014).

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Jahnu Barua has been conferred Padma Shri (2003) and Padma Bhushan (2015). He served as chairman of the Indian Film Directors' Association in 1993. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleEnglish TitleLanguageDirectorProducerWriterEditor
1982 Aparoopa Aparoopa Assamese YesYesYesYes
1984Apeksha – Hindi version of Aparoopa Expectation Hindi YesYesYesYes
1986 Papori Assamese YesYesYesYes
1987 Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai Catastrophe Assamese YesYesYesYes
1990 Bonani Forest Assamese YesYes
1992 Firingoti Spark Assamese YesYesYesYes
1995 Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door It's a Long Way to the Sea Assamese YesYesYesYes
1998KuhkhalPrice of Freedom Assamese YesYesYesYes
2000 Pokhi And the River Flows Assamese YesYesYesYes
2003 Konikar Ramdhenu Ride on the Rainbow Assamese YesYesYesYes
2004 Tora Tora's Love Assamese YesYesYes
2005 Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara I Did Not Kill Gandhi Hindi YesYes
2010 Mumbai Cutting (Anjane Dost segment) Hindi Yes
2012 Baandhon Waves of Silence Assamese YesYesYes
2014 Ajeyo [2] Invincible Assamese YesYesYes
2018 Bhoga Khirikee [3] Broken Window Assamese YesYesYes
Under ProductionUnread Pages [4] – Assamese, English Yes

Television

Politics

The newly formed Raijor Dal announced in October 2020 that Jahnu Baruah had extended his support to the party along with Assamese film actress Zerifa Wahid and lawyer Arup Borbora. [5] [6]

Awards

The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Shri Jahnu Barua, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 08, 2015.jpg

Jahnu Baruah has received the following awards:

National Film Awards

Chicago International Film Festival

Brussels International Independent Film Festival

Fukuoka International Film Festival

Fribourg International Film Festival

Locarno International Film Festival

Singapore International Film Festival

Mumbai International Film Festival

Sarhad (NGO)

References

  1. ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 55. ISBN   978-1135943189 – via GoogleBooks.
  2. ↑ "An Eternal Optimist". The Pioneer . 11 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Shooting ends for Bhoga Khidikee, Lunchbox producer's debut Assamese film – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Jahnu Baruas film to take Assam to global audience". India Today. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Jailed Akhil Gogoi's KMSS Launches New Party Ahead Of Assam Polls Next Year". NDTV . Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "AIUDF meet approves alliance with Cong". The Assam Tribune . Retrieved 12 March 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "National Awards for five northeast films". The Times of India . Guwahati. TNN. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  11. ↑ Jahnu Barua conferred 1st Bhupen Hazarika Award, Business Standard
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