Nipon Goswami (3 September 1942 – 27 October 2022) was an Indian actor and theatre artist associated with
Assamese-language films. He was one of the veteran actors of
Assamese Film Industry. He started his acting career as a stage actor and later established himself as a film actor.
Personal life
Goswami was born on 3 September 1942 at Kolibari in
Tezpur,
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 ...
. His father Chandradhar Goswami was a famous actor and his mother Nirupama Goswami was a singer. He did his primary schooling at Kolibari LP School. After that, he moved to Tezpur Govt. HS School. He died after suffering from heart-related ailments on 27 October 2022, at the age of 80.
Acting career
After completing his B.A. he went to Calcutta for the interview at
Pune Film Institute. In 1965, he went to Pune for his acting training.
Subhash Ghai,
Navin Nischol
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,
Shatrughan Sinha
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etc. were his classmates.
Filmography
Goswami debuted in the Assamese film industry as a child artist in the movie ''Piyali Phukan'', directed by
Phani Sarma
Phani Sarma (1910–1970) was an Indian theatre actor, playwright, film actor and director. Beginning as a stage actor, he appeared in the first film ever made in Assamese cinema, '' Joymati'', in 1935. Sarma was conferred with the title "Natasu ...
in 1957. As a lead actor, ''Sangram'' was his first Assamese film and a hit movie. His next movie ''Dr. Bezbaruah'' released in 1969 brought him recognition as a star to act in many movies in the coming years. He also acted in a few
Hindi
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movies as a character actor.
Goswami was actively involved in mobile theatres, notably, ''Abaahan'', ''Kohinoor'', ''Hengul'', and ''Shakuntala''. He also appeared in few television serials like ''Writu aahe writu jaai.
Assamese
Hindi
References
External links
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Promote regional cinema: Nipon Goswami to government
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1942 births
2022 deaths
Indian male stage actors
Indian male film actors
Assamese-language actors
Assamese actors
People from Tezpur
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors in Assamese cinema