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  • BHABENDRANATH SAIKIA

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     1'''BHABENDRANATH SAIKIA (B.1932)''' 
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     4Assamese director born in Nowgong. Physicist 
     5with doctorate from Imperial College of 
     6Science and Technology, London (1960). 
     7Lecturer at Gauhati University (1962-81). Major 
     8Assamese short-story writer (e.g. tile 
     9anthologies Sindoor, 197:3; Shrinkhal, 1976). 
     10Prolific radio playwright. Currently edits 
     11fortnightly Prantik and children's monthly 
     12Safura. Writes his own films, which he believes 
     13to be the most important of his creative output, 
     14occasionally based on hi:, fiction: e.g. Kola hal. 
     15his best-known film, based on his radio play, 
     16andAguisnau, based on his own noveL 
     17Directorial debut in 1977. Makes art-house 
     18films with a strongly melodramatic literary 
     19tendency combined with an ethnographic 
     20realism the truck scenes of Kolahal). 
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     23'''FILMOGRAPHY''': 1977: Sandhya Raag; 
     241981: Anirban; 1985:Aginsnan; 1988: 
     25Kolahal; 1991: Sarothi; 1993: Abartan; 1995: 
     26ltihas. 
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     28[[Director]]