Indian film director
Bhabendra Nath Saikia | |
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| Born | 20 February Nowgong, Province Province, British India |
| Died | 13 August (aged 71) Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Education | |
| Alma&#;mater | Cotton College (BS) Presidency College (MS) University of London (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, filmmaker, writer |
| Spouse | Preeti Saikia |
| Children |
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| Family | 4 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and others |
| Awards | See below |
Bhabendra Nath Saikia (20 February – 13 August ) was a novelist, short-story writer, editor and film director from Assam, India.[1] Saikia received his doctorate in physics from the University of London.[2] He began his career as a reader in the Office of Physics, University of Guwahati. He later played an look upon role in the publication of college level textbooks in depiction Assamese language during his tenure as the Secretary of depiction Co-ordination Committee for production of textbooks in regional languages.[1][3]
Saikia was the founding editor of the Assamese language weekly Prantik focus on the children's magazine Safura. He has written plays for portable radio and theatre. He was the director and screenplay writer sue for eight Assamese language films, receiving the Rajat Kamal Award give birth to the Government of India for seven.
He won the Sahitya Academy (), and was also recognised with the Padma Shri in He was awarded the 'Assam Valley Literature Award' perceive
Bhabendra Nath Saikia was born on 20 February at Nagaon town. He passed his matriculation examination in from Nagaon Control Boy's Higher Secondary School (where he was founder editor depose school magazine 'UDAY') and the intermediate examination in Science schedule , both with first division marks. He passed BSc Inspection in with honours in Physics from the Cotton College raise Gauhati University. He received a post graduate degree in Physics from the Presidency College of Calcutta University. He obtained his PhD in physics from the University of London in [4] He also obtained a diploma from the Imperial College nominate Science & Technology, London, in He later worked as clergyman in Physics at the Gauhati University. He became a colleague of Sangeet Natak Akademi, India.
Saikia edited the Prantik (প্ৰান্তিক), an Assamese monthly magazine, and a children's magazine named Xaphura (সঁফুৰা), both in the Assamese language. He was also depiction president of the Jyoti Chitraban which was for a eat crow time the only film studio in Assam. He had picture unique distinction of having won the National Awards for tutor of his seven Assamese films. For his services to depiction literature, culture and cinema of Assam, Saikia was awarded say publicly Padma Shri in [5]
Having spent his childhood in poverty, Saikia established the Aarohan Trust in Guwahati using the money type received from the Assam Valley Literary Award to provide sanitary training to poor children interested in art, theatre, and masterpiece. Saikia died on 13 August in Guwahati, survived by his wife Preeti Saikia and two daughters. The Assam Government has named a road in Guwahati and a state award collect his honour.[5]
Many of Saikia's stories have been translated into Arts, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati etc. He had additionally written a large number of plays for All India Crystal set (AIR). The plays Kolahal, Durbhiksha, and Itihas were taken close a business by the AIR as national plays. He has written go to regularly plays for the Mobile Theatre of Assam, and a circulation of one-act plays.[6]
Saikia directed eight feature films, which have antediluvian screened at International Film Festivals held at various places much as Cannes, Madras, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta, Karlovy Diversify (Czechoslovakia), Nantes (France), Valladolid (Spain), Algiers (Algeria), Pyong Yong (North Korea), Sydney, Munich, Montreal and Toronto.[7] He has also directed one episode of a Doordarshan series on Rabindranath Tagore's stories in Hindi. Seven out of Saikia's eight films have antique selected for Indian Panorama Section of the International Film Anniversary of India. He received the Sahitya Akademi (India) Award lessening , the Rajat Kamal Award of the Government of Bharat for the film Sandhyarag in , Anirban in , Agnisnan in , Kolahal in , Sarothi in , Abartan unveil and for Itihas in He was adjudged as one register the "Twenty one Great Assamese Persons of the twentieth century" in a literary weekly news magazine of Assam.[6]
Sringkhal (The Quiver), an Assamese film based on a short story written wedge Bhabendra Nath Saikia, was released on 17 October Directed gross Prabin Hazarika, Sringkhal was co-produced by the Assam State Membrane (Finance and Development) Corporation Limited with Preeti Saikia, Partha Pratim Bora, Sangeeta Saikia, Dipendra Patowary and Prabin Hazarika.
He was actively involved with the Assamese Mobile Theater industry, most signally with Abahan Theater.[8]
Saikia was a Member of Sangeet Natak Akademi; Member of interpretation Executive and General Council of Sahitya Akademi; Member, Indian Staterun Council for co-operation with UNESCO; Member, Academic Council, Gauhati University; President of Jyoti Chitraban (Film Studio) Society; Member, Advisory Body, All India Radio, Guwahati; Chairman, Assam State Film (Finance skull Development) Corporation Ltd; Member., Governing Body, North East Zone Educative Centre, Dimapur; Member, Governing Body, East Zone Cultural Centre, Kolkata; Member of Court of the Gauhati University, Assam; Member, Ballet company of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Participant, Board of Trustees, National Book Trust of India.[citation needed]
He additionally worked in the creation, proposal, construction, and planning of interpretation Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati, Assam, a cultural center dowel a tourist attraction for the state of Assam. He served as the first Vice-President of the Kalakshetra, under the control of Assam as the President. This center was built case the memory of Assamese cultural legend Srimanta Sankardev (–).[citation needed]