Jahnu Barua

Jahnu Baruah জাহ্নু বৰুৱা

Born	(1952-10-17) 17 October 1952 Sibsagar, Assam, India
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Religion	Tai-Ahom
Awards	Padma Shri 2003 Padma Bhushan 2015
Website	jahnubarua.com

Jahnu Barua (Assamese: জাহ্নু বৰুৱা, Hindi: जाहनू बरूवा) (1952– ) is a multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director from Assam^[1] 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. He is best known outside Assam for his Hindi film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, a drama which uses the principles of Gandhism for its thematic backstory.

Filmography

Year	Title	English Title	Language	Director	Producer	Writer	Editor
1982	Aparoopa	Expectation	Assamese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
1986	Papori		Assamese	Yes		Yes
1987	Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai	The Catastrophe	Assamese	Yes			Yes
1990	Bonani	The Forest	Assamese	Yes		Yes	Yes
1992	Firingoti	The Spark	Assamese	Yes		Yes	Yes
1995	Xagoroloi Bohudoor	It's a Long Way to the Sea	Assamese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
1998	Kuhkhal	The Price of Freedom	Assamese	Yes	Yes		Yes
2000	Pokhi	And the River Flows	Assamese	Yes		Yes	Yes
2003	Konikar Ramdhenu	Ride on the Rainbow	Assamese	Yes		Yes	Yes
2004	Tora	Tora's Love	Assamese	Yes		Yes
2005	Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara	I Did Not Kill Gandhi	Hindi	Yes		Yes
2010	Mumbai Cutting (Anjane Dost segment)		Hindi	Yes
2012	Baandhon	Waves of Silence	Assamese	Yes	Yes	Yes
2014	Ajeyo^[2]	Invincible	Assamese	Yes
Unreleased	Har Pal	Every Moment	Hindi	Yes		Yes
Upcoming	Homing Pigeons^[3]	Homing Pigeons	English	Yes		Yes

Television

Adhikar (Right, 1988)
Ek Kahani (One Story, 1986)

Awards

Jahnu Baruah has received the following awards:

Padma Shri in 2003^[4]
Padma Bhushan in 2015^[5]

National Film Awards

2013: Best Feature Film in Assamese: Ajeyo^[6]
2012: Best Feature Film in Assamese: Baandhon^[7]
2003: Best Regional Film for Ride on the Rainbow
1999: Best Regional Film for And the River Flows
1998: Best Regional Film for The Price of Freedom
1995: Best Director for Xagoroloi Bohu Door
1992: Second Best Feature Film for Firingoti
1990: Best film on Environment for Bonani
1987: Best Film for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
1983: Best Regional Film for Aparoopa

Chicago International Film Festival

2005: Getz World Peace Prize for Xagoroloi Bohu Door

Brussels International Independent Film Festival

1996: Best Director for Xagoroloi Bohu Door

Fukuoka International Film Festival

2006 Kodak Vision Award for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

Fribourg International Film Festival

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

Locarno International Film Festival

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

1996: International Fipresci Award for Xagoroloi Bohu Door

Mumbai International Film Festival

2005: International Fipresci Award for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

Sarhad (NGO)

2012: 1st Bhupen Hazarika National award^[8]

References

↑ Jahnu Barua, an Assamese filmmaker, India-north-east.com
↑ "An Eternal Optimist". The Pioneer. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
↑ Homing Pigeons. Internet Movie Database.
↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "National Awards for five northeast films". The Times of India (Guwahati). TNN. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
↑ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
↑ Jahnu Barua conferred 1st Bhupen Hazarika Award, Business Standard

External links

Jahnu Barua's Flimography

Released movies	Aparoopa (1982) Papori (1986) Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987) Bonani (1990) Firingoti (1992) Xagoroloi Bohu Door (1995) Kuhkhal (1998) Pokhi (2000) Konikar Ramdhenu (2003) Tora (2004) Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005) Mumbai Cutting (Anjane Dost segment) (2010) Baandhon (2012) Ajeyo (2014)

Unreleased movies	Har Pal Homing Pigeons Butterfly Chess Copper Ring Hindol

National Film Award for Best Direction

1967–1980	Satyajit Ray (1967) Satyajit Ray (1968) Mrinal Sen (1969) Satyajit Ray (1970) Girish Karnad and B. V. Karanth (1971) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1972) Mani Kaul (1973) Satyajit Ray (1974) Satyajit Ray (1975) P. Lankesh (1976) G. Aravindan (1977) G. Aravindan (1978) Mrinal Sen (1979) Mrinal Sen (1980)

1981–2000	Aparna Sen (1981) Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1982) Mrinal Sen (1983) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Shyam Benegal (1985) G. Aravindan (1986) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1987) Shaji N. Karun (1988) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1989) Tapan Sinha (1990) Satyajit Ray (1991) Goutam Ghose (1992) T. V. Chandran (1993) Jahnu Barua (1994) Saeed Akhtar Mirza (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Jayaraj (1997) Rajeevnath (1998) Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1999) Rituparno Ghosh (2000)

2001–present	B. Lenin (2001) Aparna Sen (2002) Goutam Ghose (2003) Buddhadeb Dasgupta (2004) Rahul Dholakia (2005) Madhur Bhandarkar (2006) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2007) Bala (2008) Rituparno Ghosh (2009) Vetrimaaran (2010) Gurvinder Singh (2011) Shivaji Lotan Patil (2012) Hansal Mehta (2013) Srijit Mukherji (2014) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 315532944 LCCN: n2006173005

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