Directing
Jahnu Barua
Born October 17, 1952 · Sibsagar, Assam, India (age 73)
Jahnu Barua is a multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director from Assam He has directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films, and along with Bhabendra Nath Saikia was one of the pioneers of Assamese Art cinema.
Known For
Bhoga Khirikee · 2018Bhoga Khirikee
2018
MovieDrama
Bhoga Khidikee is a 2018 Assamese drama film directed by Jahnu Barua. It was the opening film of 2nd Guwahati International Film Festival. The film is based on the real life experiences of a village girl in upper Assam and is set against the socio-political landscape of the state in 2015
Baandhon · 2012Baandhon
★ 8.02012
MovieDramaFamily
Dandeswar and Hkawni, both age 73, arrive in Mumbai to look for their beloved grandson - the only other living member of the family who has been missing since the 26/11 2008 terror attack.
Mumbai Cutting · 2008Mumbai Cutting
2008
MovieDrama
An anthology of eleven short films from eleven directors featuring stories of life in Mumbai.
Tora · 2005Tora
★ 8.52005
Movie
The film centred on two neighboring families in a village in Assam. The two families share a very amicable relation. Tora, the protagonist is a seven-year-old girl with her parents Purna (father) and Jonaki (mother). Naba and Daba are two brothers of the other family with their ailing bedridden mother. One day a dispute arises over a piece of land. Whilst the adults quarrel, Tora's voice is the only significant factor that can resolve the matter
Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara · 2005Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
★ 5.82005
MovieDrama
An ordinary man is struggling with the onset of Alzheimer's. His daughter fights to save her father from a descent into dementia, and to tries to understand the strange guilt that haunts him - that he is responsible for Gandhi's death.
Aparoopa · 1982Aparoopa
★ 7.01982
MovieDrama
Set in the tea plantations of Assam in northeast India, where a young woman quits her studies to marry a wealthy man whom her father owes money. The monotony of her days is broken by the arrival an old university acquaintance.
Pokhi · 1998Pokhi
1998
Movie
Pokhi (Assamese: পখী) is an Assamese language drama film directed by Jahnu Barua. It was released in 1998 as is the second instalment of his trilogy — the other two being Xagoroloi Bohu Door (1995) and Konikar Ramdhenu (2003). Pokhi won a National Award for Best Feature Film in the Assamese Category in 2000.
Konikar Ramdhenu · 2002Konikar Ramdhenu
★ 7.02002
MovieDrama
Konikar Ramdhenu is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. It 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. It is the last instalment of his trilogy, the other two being Xagoroloi Bohu Door and Pokhi.
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