''Ajan Faquir Saheb'' (
Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
: আজান ফকীৰ চাহেব) is an
Assamese language
Assamese (), also Asamiya ( ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-east Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language, and it serves as a ''lingua franca'' of the wider region. The easternmost Indo-Iranian language, ...
biographical film
A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...
produced by Bani Kalita and directed by Asif Iqbal Hussain. The film was released on 25 April 2008. The film is based on the life of
Ajan Fakir
Azan Faqir ( ar, أذان فقير), born Shah Miran, also known as Ajan Pir, Hazrat Shah Miran, and Shah Milan (presumably from ''Miran''), was a Sufi Syed, poet, Muslim preacher and saint from the 17th century who came from Baghdad or as per ...
, the Sufi saint and poet who came to
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
from
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
.
Production
Both
Bishnu Kharghoria
Bishnu Kharghoria is an Indian actor from Assam. He has acted in many Assamese movies and dramas.
Filmography
* Bristi (1974)
* Sandhya Raag (1977)
* Kallol (1978)
* Kolahal (1989)
* Bonani (1990)
* Firingoti (1992)
* Rickshawala (1993)
* ...
and Jayanta Bhagawati had to learn things like offering ''
namaj'' besides learning some words of Urdu and Arabic to play the characters effectively.
Cast and characters
*
Bishnu Kharghoria
Bishnu Kharghoria is an Indian actor from Assam. He has acted in many Assamese movies and dramas.
Filmography
* Bristi (1974)
* Sandhya Raag (1977)
* Kallol (1978)
* Kolahal (1989)
* Bonani (1990)
* Firingoti (1992)
* Rickshawala (1993)
* ...
as Azan Fakir,
*Prithviraj Rabha as Nabi Pir
*Jayanta Bhagawati as Moulabi
*Arun Nath as
Gadadhar Singha
Supaatpha also, Gadadhar Singha (reign 1681–1696) established the rule of the Tungkhungia clan of the Ahom kings that ruled the Ahom kingdom till its climactic end. He was the son of Gobar Roja, a descendant of Suhungmung, and who had become ...
, the Ahom king
*
Moloya Goswami as Jaymati Kunwari, the queen
Awards
Awards received by the film are:
*Chitralekha Award of the United TV and Filmmakers Association for Best Assamese Film of 2008
*Best director – Asif Iqbal
*Best music director – Dwijen Konwar
*Best screenplay writer – Prabhat Goswami
*Best supporting actress – Malaya Goswami.
See also
*
Jollywood
References
External links
"New Assamese Film, ''Ajan Fakir Saheb''‚ to be released shortly" ''Assam Times'', 4 August 2007.
2008 films
Films set in Assam
2000s Assamese-language films
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