| 1 | '''Nip Barua (1925-92)''' |
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| 4 | Best-known mainstream Assamese film-maker; |
| 5 | younger brother of Brojen Barua. Started as |
| 6 | cinematographer on Bengali and Assamese |
| 7 | films. Directed the first big-budget multi-star |
| 8 | Eastmancolor film in the language, Ajali |
| 9 | Nabou. Before his flamboyant film career, he |
| 10 | was a musician and flautist, a footballer of |
| 11 | some repute (playing for the Maharana AC and |
| 12 | Assam state) and a cartoonist for the Assam |
| 13 | Tribune. Mainly made family socials, often |
| 14 | coming close to home-movie levels of |
| 15 | intimacy; also made mythologicals (Bhakta |
| 16 | Prahlad, Narakasur). Younger brother, Ramen Barua, is a noted composer. |
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| 20 | '''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1955: Smritir Parash; 1957: Mak Aru Morom; 1958: Ranga Police; Bhakta Prahlad; 1959: Amar Ghar; 1961: Narakasur; 1970: Baruar Sansar; 1973: Sonetara; 1977: Sonmai; 1978: Manima (also act); 1980: Ajali Nabou; 1983: Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati; 1984: Shakuntala Aru Shankar Joseph Ali; 1985: Dadu Nati-o-Hati; 1986: Antony Mor Naam; 1988: Ae Mor Janame Janame. |
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