Biju Phukan
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Biju Phukan is a senior Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

ese cine-actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 of great fame. He was born in Dibrugarh
Dibrugarh
Dibrugarh is the headquarters of Dibrugarh district, Assam, India, and is the second largest city in Assam after Guwahati. It is situated on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, about north-east of Guwahati. It is the gateway to the three tea-producing districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, and Sibsagar...

 , where he studied in the hallowed "Kanoi College". He acted in more than thirty Assamese movies
Assamese cinema
Assamese cinema is cinema in the Assamese language, watched primarily in Assam, India. The industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie Joymoti...

 of the 80s and has contributed a lot towards Assamese cinema. His first movie was Dr. Bezbaruah (1970).One of his evergreen hit songs that attained cult fame and hit the blockbuster charts was "Mon Hira Doi" from the film 'Ajoli Nabou".

Presently he resides in R.G Baruah Road, Guwahati
Guwahati
Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...

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Filmography

Assamese Films
  • Dr. Bezbaruah
  • Lolita
  • Aaranya
  • Bonoriya Phool
  • Ghar Sansar
  • Bowari
  • Aparupa
  • I Killed Him Sir
  • Eai Morom Tumar Babe
  • Aasene Konoba Hiyaat
  • Brishti
  • Hepaah
  • Baarud
  • Deuta Diya Bidaay
  • Raja
  • Upapath
  • Pita-Putra
  • Ganesh
  • Itihaas
  • Meghomukti (paired with Mridula Barua)
  • Ajoli Nobou (paired with Purnima Pathak)
  • Buwari (paired with Mridula Barua)
  • Papori
    Papori
    Papori is an Assamese language feature film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film stars Gopi Desai, Biju Phukan, Sushil Goswami, Chetana Das and Dulal Roy. The film was released in 1986.-Plot summary:...

     (1986)
  • Agnisnaan
    Agnisnaan
    Agnisnaan is an Assamese language film directed by Bhabendra Nath Saikia and released in 1985. The film is based on Saikia's novel titled Antareep...

     (1985,paired with Moloya Goswami)
  • Ochin-Chinaki (2010)

Apart from Assamese films, he has acted in Bengali films like Hotel Showfox,Aparajita,Doishyu Ratnakar,Gajamukta
He has also acted in a number of Stage dramas like Captain Gogoi,Falgo,Haiya Dhuwai Nile.
Biju Phukan had also done a stint in "Abahon Theatre" and "Bhagyadevi Theatre" of Assam.
He produced an Assamese Video film named " Ghatak"
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