{"id":172471,"date":"2025-05-29T12:14:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=172471"},"modified":"2025-05-29T12:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:44:43","slug":"assamese-cinema-and-directors-from-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/assamese-cinema-and-directors-from-assam\/","title":{"rendered":"Assamese Cinema and Directors From Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Assamese cinema, also known as Jollywood, refers to the film industry in the Assamese language based in the Indian state of Assam. It has a rich history that spans several decades. Assamese films have won many national recognition. Let&#8217;s discuss some notable assamese movies and directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jyotiprasad Agarwala: He is perceived as the father of Assamese Cinema and his films such as Joymoti (1935), Indramalati (1939).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bhabendra Nath Saikia: He is both a director and writer with the films Agnisnaan (1985), Abartan (1993), and Sarothi (1991) being associated with him.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jahnu Barua: A director of note, has filmmakers in Assamese and Hindi cinema, including Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987), Firingoti (1992), and Baandhon (2012).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Munin Barua: His films such as Pita-Putro, Hiya Diya Niya, and Dinabandhu helped to revive the Assamese feature films that had diminished in quality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rima Das: A contemporary film still in the spotlight with her critically acclaimed film Village Rockstars (2017).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other directors: Suprabha Devi (first female director from Assam), Kenny Basumatary, and Biswajeet Bora.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Films with their directors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joymoti (1935): Jyotiprasad Agarwala<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indramalati (1939): Jyotiprasad Agarwala<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agnisnaan (1985): Bhabendra Nath Saikia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abartan (1993): Bhabendra Nath Saikia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarothi (1991): Bhabendra Nath Saikia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987): Jahnu Barua.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Firingoti (1992): Jahnu Barua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baandhon (2012): Jahnu Barua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hiya Diya Niya (2000): Munin Barua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dinabandhu: Munin Barua (Dinabandhu received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese in 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Village Rockstars (2017): Rima Das.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other notable films: Raamdhenu, Tumi Aahibane, Priyaar Priyo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assamese cinema, also known as Jollywood, refers to the film industry in the Assamese language based in the Indian state of Assam. It has a rich history that spans several decades. Assamese films have won many national recognition. Let&#8217;s discuss some notable assamese movies and directors. Directors: Films with their directors:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172472,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172471\/revisions\/172472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}