Benjamin Daimary (

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 ...

: বেঞ্জামিন দৈমাৰী; born 28 July 2000) is the first openly gay Indian actor to win a

national film award The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate ...

. He got the Jury's special award for his role in the Assamese film ''Jonaki Porua'' (Fireflies) in 2021. He also received the best actor award at the Asian Queer Film Festival in 2020. Benjamin was born in Goreswar town of Baksa district, Assa

Parallel to Acting, he is working as a make up artist in Assamese fashion industry.

Early life

Benjamin Daimary was born in

Goreswar Goreswar is a town in Baksa district (part of erstwhile Kamrup district till 2004), situated in north bank of river Brahmaputra, surrounded by Rangiya and Baihata Transport The town is located north of National Highway 31, and well connected to ...

in Assam.

Personal life

He is openly gay and his family is supportive of him.

References

Assamese actors Indian gay actors Indian gay artists Living people Actors from Assam 2000 births 21st-century Indian LGBT people {{LGBT-bio-stub