Kopil Bora

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Kopil Bora
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Kopil Bora recording his voice for the Axomiya language version of TeachAids at Auditek Digital Recording Studio in Guwahati, Assam
Born (1977-03-30) March 30, 1977 (age 47)
Other names
  • Kiku
  • Mr. Perfectionist of Jollywood
Occupation(s)Actor, anchor, voice artist
Years active2002 - present

Kopil Bora (born 30 March 1977) is an Assamese actor, anchor and All India Radio voice artist. He debuted in Bidyut Chakravarty's 2002 Assamese film Gun Gun Gane Gane and known for his performance in Mon (2002), Ahir Bhairav (2008), Jetuka Pator Dore (2011) and Dwaar (2013).

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Early life

Kopil Bora [1] attended high school at Don Bosco High School, Guwahati, and later attended college at Cotton College, Guwahati. He currently still resides in Guwahati. [2]

Career

Feature films

Kopil Bora has appeared in numerous Assamese films. He debut film was Gun Gun Gane Gane (2002), directed by Bidyut Chakravarty. Additionally, his movie Mon was released in later that year. His other films include Bidhata (2003), Kadambari (2008), Ahir Bhairav (2008), Jeevan Baator Logori (2009), Jetuka Pator Dore (2011), Dwaar (2013) and Raag: The Rhythm of Love (2014). In the 2013 film Dwaar, [3] he played the mentally ill character Dwijen Bhattacharya and his performance appreciated by critics. [4]

Stage and television

Kopil Bora (second from left) in a drama with his co-stars Zerifa, Ravi Sarma and Mayuri Suryasta.jpg
Kopil Bora (second from left) in a drama with his co-stars Zerifa, Ravi Sarma and Mayuri

Kopil Bora has acted in Narakor Gopan Kakhyat with Zerifa Wahid, staged in Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati. It was an adaptation of the French play "In Camera" by Jean-Paul Sartre. [5] In another play with Zerifa Wahid, Pancharatna, staged in Rabindra Bhawan, he played a gay boy troubled by his sexuality. He was also the associate director of the play called Agnibristi where he played the lead role, under Zerifa Wahid's production, staged in Rabindra Bhawan. It was an adaptation of Girish Karnad's play The Fire and the Rain.

In television, he acted in an eight-episode Hindi mini-series titled Manushi (with seven stories by Sahitya Akademi award winner Sneha Devi), directed by Sanjib Hazarika for Doordarshan. His other television credit includes Niyoror Phool on News Live. He also hosted a spelling contest for children on Rang.

Mobile theatre

Kopil Bora debuted in Assam's roaming theatre with Ashirbad Theatre. He also acted in Rajmahal Theatre. The list of plays includes "Surongor Xekhot", a drama which was aired in the All India Radio in the 1980s, "Surjyo" and "Bhai". [6]

Other Activities

Compering and social causes

Kopil Bora has compered for Axom Idol - a Musical Talent search program hosted in NE TV, Sur-Taal-Loy, another musical talent program anchored by Kopil Bora in association with Barsha Rani Bishaya and Surajit Malakar Guwahati - and various New year's eve celebrations hosted in DD NE and participated in the cultural extravaganza in the closing function of the 33rd National games, held at Guwahati. [5]

Kopil Bora gave the background narration for the documentary Friends of Kaziranga (2010), which honors the Kaziranga National Park's forest guards. [7]

Bora inaugurated a 'clothes bank' at an event held at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati, which redistributes discarded clothes to people in need, launched by a NGO, Xavier's Foundation, with the support of North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi), which is a financial and development institution formed under the DoNER ministry. [8]

Filmography

Assamese films

YearFilmDirectorRole
2002Gun Gun Gane GaneBidyut Chakravarty
2002MonBani Das
2003Bidhata Munin Barua
2004 Bukuwe Bisare Dipankar Kashyap
2005AstaraagSiva Prasad Thakur
2007 Ahir Bhairav Siva Prasad Thakur
2008KadambariBani Das
2009 Jeevan Baator Logori [9] Timothy Das Hanche
2012 Jetuka Pator Dore Jadumoni Dutta
2013 Dwaar Bidyut Chakravarty
2014 Ajeyo Jahnu Barua
Raag: The Rhythm of Love [10] (2014) Rajni Basumatary
2015MorisikaNipon Dholua
2016 Kothanodi Bhaskar Hazarika
Gaane Ki Aane Rajesh JashpalSpecial appearance in the song "Dancing Tonight"
2022Sweater WhetherPriyom Das

Bengali films

YearFilmDirectorOther Co-star(s)
2003MonBani Das Ravi Sarma, Nishita Goswami

Music videos and television

  1. Jan Oi Joubon Doi
  2. Moromjaan (2007)
  3. Ure Pakhi Meli
  4. Ajanite Tumak
  5. Moromi Priya
  6. Rato Rani (Nepali)
  7. Nargis (On the Assamese Muslim culture, by Biju Phukan)
  8. Tora (produced by Nayan Nirban)
  9. Rongpuror Nasonir Bihu
  10. Niyoror Phool (Assamese serial)

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