Kopil Bora (born 30 March 1977) is an Assamese actor, anchor, and

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voice artist. He debuted in Bidyut Chakravarty's 2002 Assamese film ''Gun Gun Gane Gane'' and is known for his performance in ''Mon'' (2002), ''

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'' (2008), ''

Jetuka Pator Dore ''Jetuka Pator Dore'' ( ) is a 2011 Indian Assamese drama film based on the novel of the same name by Syed Abdul Malik. The film stars Aimee Baruah and Raag Oinitom, was directed by Jadumoni Dutta and produced by Noorul Sultan for Maina Indust ...

'' (2011), and ''

Dwaar ''Dwaar'' (''The Voyage out'') is a 2013 Indian Cinema of Assam, Assamese drama film directed by Bidyut Chakravarty, with his own screenplay, and produced by Sanjive Narain and Bidyut Chakravarty himself. It was adapted from the Assamese langua ...

'' (2013).

Early life

Kopil Bora attended high school at Don Bosco High School,

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, and later attended college at

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. He currently resides in

Career

Feature films

Kopil Bora has appeared in numerous Assamese films. He debut film was ''Gun Gun Gane Gane'' (2002), directed by Bidyut Chakravarty. Additionally, his movie ''Mon'' was released later that year. His other films include ''Bidhata'' (2003), ''Kadambari'' (2008), ''

'' (2008), ''

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'' (2009), ''

'' (2011), ''

'' (2013) and '' Raag: The Rhythm of Love'' (2014). In the 2013 film ''

,'' he played the mentally ill character Dwijen Bhattacharya.

Stage and television

Kopil Bora acted in the play ''Narakor Gopan Kakhyat'' with

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, staged in Rabindra Bhawan,

. It was an adaptation of the French play "

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" by

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."Cultural news related to Assam in 2007"
Assam in 2007. 23 January 2008. In another play with Zerifa Wahid, ''Pancharatna'', which was also staged in Rabindra Bhawan, he played a

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boy troubled by his sexuality. He was also the associate director of the play called ''Agnibristi'' where he played the lead role, under Zerifa Wahid's production, staged in Rabindra Bhawan. It was an adaptation of

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's play ''The Fire and the Rain''. In television, he acted in an eight-episode

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mini-series titled ''Manushi'' (with seven stories by

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award winne
Sneha Devi
, directed by Sanjib Hazarika for

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. His other television credit includes ''Niyoror Phool'' on News Live. He also hosted a spelling contest for children on Rang.

Mobile theatre

Kopil Bora debuted in

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's roaming theatre with ''Ashirbad Theatre''. He also acted in ''Rajmahal Theatre''. The list of plays includes "Surongor Xekhot", a drama which was aired in the

in the 1980s, "Surjyo" and "Bhai".

Other Activities

Compering and social causes

Kopil Bora has competed for Axom Idol - a Musical Talent search program hosted in NE TV, Sur-Taal-Loy, another musical talent program anchored by Kopil Bora in association with

Barsha Rani Bishaya Barsha Rani Bishaya is an Indian actress who works in Assamese cinema. She has acted in commercial and critically acclaimed films like ''Bidhata'', '' Tumi Aahibaane, Ratnakar'', etc. Bishaya is also part of mobile theatre groups of Assam. ...

and Surajit Malakar Guwahati - and various New year's eve celebrations hosted in DD NE and participated in the cultural extravaganza in the closing function of the 33rd National games, held at Guwahati. Kopil Bora gave the background narration for the

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''Friends of Kaziranga'' (2010), which honors the Kaziranga National Park's forest guards. Bora inaugurated a 'clothes bank' at an event held at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati, launched by a NGO, Xavier's Foundation, with the support of North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi), which is a financial and development institution formed under the DoNER ministry.

Filmography

Assamese films

Bengali films

Music videos and television

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Biju Phukan Biju Phukan (18 February 1947 – 22 November 2017) was an Assamese actor. He was born in Dibrugarh, India, where he studied in the Dibrugarh HS Kanoi College and Dibrugarh Govt boys' higher secondary school Dibrugarh. He appeared in more than ...

) #Tora (produced by Nayan Nirban) #Rongpuror Nasonir Bihu #Niyoror Phool (Assamese serial)

References

External links

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Kopil Bora on YouTube
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