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Biswajeet Bora (born 8 August 1979) is an Indian filmmaker, producer writer & editor and one of the renowned filmmakers from Northeast India, now based in Mumbai. He made his directorial debut in Bollywood with the first Indian carbon neutral film Aisa Yeh Jahaan .[2] The film is now currently available in Amazon Prime, Jio Cinema and Hotstar. He directed the Superhit Assamese film Bahniman which was released in 2016. He received the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Trophy for Best Director at the National Competition Section: Competition on Indian Languages of 26th Kolkata International Film Festival 2021 for the film God on the Balcony.[3] His film God on the Balcony received First Best Film in the Asian Cinema Competition at the prestigious 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2022. His latest film 'Boomba Ride' made it to 'Indian Panorama' of the 52nd International Film Festival of India' (IFFI, Goa) for the year 2021. Also, the film has been selected at the prestigious 26th International Film Festival of Kerala, 2021, 27th Kolkata International Film Festival 2021, 20th Pune International Film Festival 2022 and 20th Dhaka International Film Festival 2022.

Biswajeet Bora
Born (1979-08-08) 8 August 1979 (age 43)
Golaghat, Assam, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm director,actor, screenwriter, script writer[1]
Years active2001-present
SpouseLopamudra Gogoi Bora

His latest film BOOMBA RIDE was among the 6 Indian films selected for screening at Cannes 2022 by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, India under Marche Du Film 2022.


Biography



Early life and education


Biswajeet was born in the village of No. 1 Senchowa, Golaghat, Assam, India, to Purna Chandra Bora and Monju Bora. He started his artistic life as an actor in amateur plays when he was 16. He later joined Evergreen Drama and Film Institute of Golaghat, to know about the craft. Also, he started playing martial arts at the age of 15. He received black belt in Martial Art in 1999. Later he shifted his base to film related writing in Assamese newspapers and also into direction and directed a few plays. After securing a degree in Assamese literature in 2001 from Golaghat Commerce College, he decided to go to Mumbai to pursue his career as a film editor.


Career


Initially, Biswajeet Bora wanted to be an actor and being from Assam, he started with theatre. He did a lot of work as an actor and also directed a few plays. Then he moved to Mumbai. Coming to Mumbai he joined an editing studio and started working as an editor.[4] Then he assisted internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jahnu Barua for several years before making films, including the Assamese film Ejak Jonakir Jhilmil (A Thousand Fireflies Sparkle) in 2007. In 2009 he made the documentary – Angel of the Aboriginals: Dr Verrier Elwin. This documentary has been selected to several international film festivals, including the Bollywood Beyond Film Festival in Germany and the IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) in Turkey.[5] He made this first Hindi film titled Aisa Yeh Jahaan in 2015 which was India's first carbon neutral film. Later he forayed into commercial cinema in Assam with BAHNIMAN, which is one of the biggest hits in Assam. After that he made RAKTABEEZ, which was also a commercial hit. With his film PHEHUJALI, based on real life stories, he got critical acclaim and recognition in various international film festivals.

He made his film God on the balcony during the covid19 time, it was first premiered at prestigious 26th Kolkata International Film Festival 2021 through this film he got world-wide recognition. Joseph Korkmaz, a professor of cinema history and film analysis at Saint Joseph University of Beirut - USJ, Lebanon wrote "The filmmaker portraits in his movie, a socio-economic context of a region, his own, that is a microcosm of an entire country that is struggling to develop. Will God who is on the balcony or in the sky and in the quivering nature accompany the father and his daughter who turn their backs on their poor reality and move away towards new horizons?" Shoma A. Chatterji, an Indian film scholar, author and freelance journalist, wrote on upperstall.com "God on the Balcony is yet another welcome addition to the wonderful cinema that is coming out from North-East India, especially from Assam, with regularity over the last few years. And is deserving of all the accolades it is accumulating."


Personal life


He now lives in Mumbai with his wife Lopamudra Gogoi Bora, who is also a writer and fashion designer and his son, Troy.


Filmography


Year Film Languages Director Producer Writer Actor Notes
2007 A Thousand Fireflies Sparkle... Assamese Yes Co-Producer Yes Released on '08
2009 Angel of the Aboriginals: Dr Verrier Elwin English Yes Released on '10
2015 Aisa Yeh Jahaan Hindi Yes Yes Released on July '15
2016 Bahniman Assamese Yes Yes Yes Released on Dec '16
2019 Dhuyien se Dhuyein Tak.... Hindi Yes Yes Short film 2019
2018 Phehujali Assamese Yes Yes Yes
2017 Raktabeez Assamese Yes Yes Released on May '18
2019 Lakhimi Assamese Yes Co-Producer Yes Released on Sept '21
2020 God on the Balcony Assamese Yes Yes
2021 Boomba Ride Mising Yes Yes Yes

Awards



Nominations



Festivals



References


  1. "Biswajeet Bora". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. "Biswajeet Bora: I have always wanted to make a movie that celebrates nature". M.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. Anurag Barman. "Gear Up for Biswajeet Bora's Bahniman". Kothasobi.com. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. Rohini Nag (26 November 2016). "Path Finder - Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine". Box Office India. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. "'Aisa Yeh Jahaan'-India's First Carbon Neutral Film is all Set to Release". Kothasobi.com. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 22 January 2017.


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