Aimee Baruah is an Indian actress, producer, and director. Aimee Baruah is a ''

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'' winning actor-director whose directorial debut, the

Dimasa language The Dimasa language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Dimasa people of the Northeastern Indian states of Assam and Nagaland. The Dimasa language is known to Dimasas as "Grao-Dima" and it is similar to Boro, Kokborok and Garo languag ...

film " Semkhor,"" not only garnered criticism domestically and abroad.It also won two National Awards at the

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. She also became the first actress from

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to walk down the red carpet at the

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. Her latest documentary film, "Screaming Butterflies," has been bestowed with the prestigious "Silver Conch" award at the 17th

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(MIFF). She has also been a jury at 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held in Goa. Since starting her career at the tender age of fourteen, she has starred in over twenty-nine feature-length films, including several National Award-winning projects. She firmly believes that films are a potent tool to share untold stories from North East India. She also holds a Masters Degree in Sociology and is a gold medalist in Economics. She is currently pursuing her PhD from

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on the films of legendary singer, musician, and filmmaker Dr.

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Personal life

Baruah was born in

Nagaon Nagaon (previously Nowgong; Assamese নগাঁও), is a town and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati. History This division was organised on the both banks of Kalang river ...

to Mala Baruah and Purna Baruah, a police superintendent. Aimee Baruah married

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(BJP) politician and Minister

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on 1 October 2011.

Filmography

As an actress

As director

Awards

Controversy

* In order to protest the misrepresentation of their community in the National Award-winning movie '' Semkhor'', Dimasa organizations in the capital of Assam's

Dima Hasao district Dima Hasao district (), earlier called North Cachar Hills district, is an administrative district in the state of Assam, India. As of 2011, it is the least populous district of Assam. Dima Hasao district is one of the two autonomous hill distr ...

, have petitioned

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to step in and stop the film's screening. * The director of the 2021 Dimasa-language film '' Semkhor'', is currently facing legal issues. The ex-President of the All Dimasa Students' Union Mohendra Kemprai filed an FIR against her for allegedly "misrepresenting" Dimasa culture and fostering misconceptions about the tribe which portrays a barbaric image of India in front of the world. * The organizations claimed that an 84-day-old infant died after four days following the shooting of the movie '' Semkhor'' due to extreme exposure to cold and the grave negligence of Baruah." * The Assamese film fraternity believes that her career graph took a sharp turn upwards after her husband became a Minister in the BJP Govt of Assam.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baruah, Aimee Living people People from Nagaon district Actresses from Assam Indian film actresses Actresses in Assamese cinema Assamese-language film directors Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian actresses