Jahnu Barua
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Jahnu Barua (1952- ) is a multiple national and international award-winning India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n film director from 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...

. He has directed a number of Assamese
Assamese language
Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language. It is used mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in...

 and Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 films, and along with Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia was a novelist, short story writer and film director from Assam. He had a PhD in Nuclear Physics from the University of London and later taught at Gauhati University. He won many literary awards, including Sahitya Academy , and was also recognised with the Padma...

 was one of the pioneers of Assamese Art cinema. He is best known for his Hindi film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara , is an Indian film, directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by Anupam Kher...

, a drama which utilizes the principles of Gandhism
Gandhism
Gandhism is the collection of inspirations, principles, beliefs and philosophy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , who was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian Independence Movement....

 for its thematic backstory.

Films

  • Mumbai Cutting
    Mumbai Cutting
    Mumbai Cutting is a 2010 anthology Indian film comprising eleven short films, telling eleven different stories based on life in Mumbai, which are directed by a host of eleven directors: Anurag Kashyap, Sudhir Mishra, Rahul Dholakia, Kundan Shah, Revathy, Jahnu Barua, Rituparno Ghosh, Shashanka...

    (2010) (Anjane Dost segment)
  • Har Pal (2007)
  • Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
    Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
    Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara , is an Indian film, directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by Anupam Kher...

    (2005)
  • Tora
    Tora (film)
    Tora is an Assamese language children’s film directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by Sailadhar Baruah. The film was released in 2004. The film received the Best Children’s Film award in the 51st National Film Awards for the year 2003....

    (2004) aka Tora's Love (International: English title)
  • Konikar Ramdhenu
    Konikar Ramdhenu
    Konikar Ramdhenu is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film was released in 2003. The film was shown in Indian Panorama section of IFFI during October 2002 in Delhi and Mumbai International Festival in 2003. The film is the last instalment of his trilogy, the other two being...

    (কণিকাৰ ৰামধেনু)(2003) ... aka Ride on the Rainbow (International: English title)
  • Pokhi
    Pokhi
    Pokhi is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film was released in 1998. The film is the second instalment of his trilogy others two being Xagoroloi Bohu Door and Konikar Ramdhenu . The film won a National Award as the Best Film in the Regional Category in 2000....

    (পখী)(2000) ... aka And the River Flows
  • Kuhkhal(কুশল) (1998)...aka The Price of Freedom
  • Xagoroloi Bohu Door (সাগৰলৈ বহু দুৰ) (1995) aka It's a Long Way to the Sea
  • Firingoti
    Firingoti
    Firingoti is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film was released in 1992.-Plot:The story is set in 1962, the time of Sino-India war. It revolves around a widowed teacher named Ritu who is transferred to Koronga, a small Assamese village. The school here was destroyed by fire...

    (ফিৰিঙতি) (1992) aka The Spark
  • Bonani
    Bonani
    Bonani is an Assamese language feature film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film stars Sushil Goswami, Bishnu Kharghoria and Monami Bezbaruah. The film was released in 1990...

    (বনানি)(1990) aka The Forest
  • Adhikar (অধিকাৰ)(1988) TV Series aka Right
  • Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
    Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
    Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai is a 1987 Assamese film of social genre made by director Jahnu Barua. This film had won the National Film Award for Best Film in 1988, and also multiple awards at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1988...

    (হালধীয়া চৰায়ে বাওধান খায়) (1987) aka The Catastrophe
  • Ek Kahani (1986) (TV) aka One Story
  • 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:...

    (পাপৰি)(1986)
  • Aparoopa
    Aparoopa
    Aparoopa is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. It is the first feature film of the director and also the first Assamese film produced by National Film Development Corporation of India. It was released in 1982. The film starred Biju Phukan, Suhasini Mulay, Sushil Goswami and Girish...

    (অপৰূপা) (1982) aka Apeksha aka Expectation

National Film Awards
National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...

  • 2003: Best Regional Film
    National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese
    The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese winners:...

     for Ride on the Rainbow
  • 1999: Best Regional Film
    National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese
    The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese winners:...

     for And the River Flows
  • 1998: Best Regional Film
    National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese
    The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese winners:...

     for The Price of Freedom
  • 1995: Best Director
    National Film Award for Best Directing
    The National Film Award for Best Direction winners are given below. Satyajit Ray has been awarded the maximum number of times in this category....

     for Xagoroloi Bohu Door
  • 1992: Second Best Feature Film
    National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film
    The National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film winners :-See also:...

     for Firingoti
  • 1990: Best film on Environment
    National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation
    The National Film Award - Best Film on Environment Preservation/Conservation winners:-References:...

     for Bonani
  • 1987: Best Film
    National Film Award for Best Film
    The National Award for Best Feature film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1954. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards given among National Film Awards...

     for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
    Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
    Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai is a 1987 Assamese film of social genre made by director Jahnu Barua. This film had won the National Film Award for Best Film in 1988, and also multiple awards at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1988...

  • 1983: Best Regional Film
    National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese
    The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese winners:...

     for Aparoopa

Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America....

  • 2005: Getz World Peace Prize for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

Brussels International Independent Film Festival
Brussels International Independent Film Festival
The Brussels International Independent Film Festival, or le Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bruxelles, has taken place since 1974. It originally focused on Super 8 films and today is a showcase for all kind of independent films....

  • 1996: Best Director for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

Fukuoka International Film Festival

  • 2006 Kodak Vision Award for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
    Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
    Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara , is an Indian film, directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by Anupam Kher...


Fribourg International Film Festival
Fribourg International Film Festival
The Fribourg International Film Festival is an annual film festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is focused on selected cultural films from Asia, Africa and Latin America....

  • 1996: Audience Award for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door
  • 1996: Award of the Pestalozzi Children's Village Foundation for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

Locarno International Film Festival
Locarno International Film Festival
The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...

  • 1988: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
  • 1988: Silver Leopard for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai

Singapore International Film Festival
Singapore International Film Festival
The Singapore International Film Festival was launched in 1987. The festival is an annual film event, held around April/May each year, and screens about 300 films from over 45 countries...

  • 1996: International Fipresci Award
    FIPRESCI
    The International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...

     for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

Mumbai International Film Festival
Mumbai International Film Festival
Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films , is a festival organised in the city of Mumbai by the 'Film Division', Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. It has been organised since 1990, and focuses on documentary, short and animation...

  • 2005: International Fipresci Award
    FIPRESCI
    The International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...

     for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
    Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
    Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara , is an Indian film, directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by Anupam Kher...


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