Jahnu Baruah জাহ্নু বৰুৱা |
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Born |
Sibsagar, Assam, India |
17 October 1952
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Awards |
Padma Shri 2003 Padma Bhushan 2015 |
Website | jahnubarua |
Jahnu Barua (Assamese: জাহ্নু বৰুৱা, Hindi: जाहनू बरूवा) (1952– ) is a multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director from Assam 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.
Jahnu Baruah has received the following awards: