Biju Phukan; 18 February 1947 – 22 November 2017) was an
Assamese actor. He was born in
Dibrugarh
Dibrugarh (pron: ˌdɪbru:ˈgɑ:) is an industrial city in Upper Assam with sprawling tea gardens. It is located 435 kms East from the state capital of Dispur. It serves as the headquarters of Dibrugarh district in the state of Assam in ...
,
India
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, where he studied in the
Dibrugarh HS Kanoi College and Dibrugarh Govt boys' higher secondary school Dibrugarh. He appeared in more than eighty Assamese feature films.
His first movie was ''
Dr. Bezbarua'' (1970).
His first role as leading actor was in ''Baruar Songshar'' followed by ''Aranya'' which established him as a 'hero'. One of his songs that attained fame and was successful in the charts was "Mon Hira Doi" from the film ''Bowari''. His first release as a hero was
Samarendra Narayan Dev's ''Aranya'' in 1971, which was adjudged the Best Regional Film at the National Film Awards.
He was residing in
Guwahati
Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...
. He was a former jury member of Indian Panorama. He died at Apollo Hospital in Guwahati on 22 November 2017, aged 70.
Filmography
Drama
*''Samay'', written by Natyasamrat Prafulla Bora
*''Neta'', written by Natyasamrat Prafulla Bora
*''Captain Gogoi''
*''Falgo''
*''Haiya Dhuwai Nile''
Bengali movies
*''Hotel Snow Fox'' (1976)
*''Aparajita'' (1976)
*''Doishyu Ratnakar''
*''
Gajamukta
''Gajamukta'' is a 1994 Bengali adventure drama film directed by Ajit Lahiri and produced by Dilip Sur based on a same name novel of Narayan Sanyal published in 1961. This is the debut film of Riya Sen in Bengali film as a child artist. Music o ...
'' (1994)
References
External links
*
Rupaliparda
1947 births
2017 deaths
Male actors in Assamese cinema
Indian male film actors
People from Dibrugarh district
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