Nipon Goswami

The family, relatives and local residents of veteran actor Nipon Goswami’s birthplace, Kolibari Assam’s Tezpur, who came to Guwahati to bid him goodbye fondly recalled his last visit to Tezpur January.

Dr Bezbaruah, directed by my brother Brojens Barua, was a superhit where Nipon da showed marvellous acting skills. I call him Nipon da because he was about seven years older than I.

Nipon da breathed his last at a private hospital here after he suffered a heart attack following prolonged illness. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law.

Veteran Assamese actor and theatre personality Nipon Goswami urged the Assam government to frame strict rules making it mandatory for all cinema-hall owners to give priority to films made in the Assamese film Industry rather those from Bollywood and Hollywood.

Nipon Goswami, the evergreen hero of Assamese movies who was a batchmate of Subhash Ghai and Shatrughan Sinha at Pune’s FTII and shared the screen with Amitabh Bachchan in Do Anjaane (1976) , passed away here on Thursday. Goswami was 80.

The last rites of the evergreen screen hero of Assam, Nipon Goswami, were performed following complete Vedic rituals at the Navagraha crematorium in the Silpukhuri area on Friday. The 80-year-old stalwart of the Assamese film industry was given state honours without gun salute.

A day after popular Assamese actor Nipon Goswami died due to heart-related issues, renowned painter Neel Pawan Baruah breathed his last around 3.15 pm on Friday following a prolonged illness. He was 86.

Adil Hussain braces for a new challenge, playing an eponymous doctor in a sequel to the iconic Assamese film ‘Dr Bezbaruah’.

Assamese film 'Xhoixobote Dhemalite' (Rainbow Fields), which deals with the sensitive issue of children growing up in violent times, has bagged an award at a US festival for best narrative feature.

The Jyoti-Chitraban Studio in Guwahati has been equipped with the latest digital set-up to meet the growing demand of film-makers. Financial support from both the state and the Centre has helped give the studio a makeover.

'Xhoihobote Dhemalite' (Rainbow Fields), a film made by National Award winner Bidyut Kotoky, has made its way into the official selection for Hollywood International Cinefest 2017.

Stalwart of Assamese film and music industry Nipon Goswami, who was a batchmate of Bollywood film director Subhash Ghai and actor Shatrughan Sinha at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, could not see his directorial venture on big screen ‘Doctor Bezbarua 2’, a sequel

The Times Group under its record label Times Music launched its second ever music album 'Ore piya' by Tania Tarannam on Friday here.

A Hindi-language film on Kanaklata, one of the first martyrs of the freedom movement in Assam, will hit the screen nationally on Friday. 'Purab Ki Awaaz' has been directed by Chandra Mudoi and features Urmila Mahanta in the eponymous role.

After giving a number of south Indian hits, Malayalam filmmaker Mani C Kappen's Okay Productions is working on a new venture 'Baralar Ghar', which will have an interesting blend of Assamese and Bengali lifestyles.

'Xhoihobote Dhemalite' (Rainbow fields) by director Bidyut Kotoky has garnered eight nominations at the Love International Film Festival (LIFF) in the USA.

"While representing violence on screen, some directors tend to gloss over it while others glamorize it.

Apart from that, the film has also been selected for the prestigious Winter Film Awards 7th Annual International Film Festival that showcases the work of emerging filmmakers from around the world.