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Manju Borah

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Manju Borah
Manju Borah in 2006
Born
Assam,India
Occupation(s)Film director,Screenwriter
Websitemanjuborah.com

Manju Borahis a multiple international and national award-winningIndianfemale film director and short story writer fromGuwahati,Assam. Borah also served as Jury Member,Indian Panorama,IFFI2007, 10thMAMI International Film Festival2008 and 3rd Eye 7th Asian Film Festival Mumbai 2008, 55thNational Film Awardsfor 2007 (Feature Films)Delhi2009.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title English Title Language
1999 Baibhab A Scam in Verse Assamese
2001 Anya Ek Yatra Assamese
2003 Aakashitorar Kothare A Tale Told Thousand Times Assamese
2004 Laaz Shame Assamese
2006 Joymati The Saviour Assamese
2008 Aai Kot Nai Ma Assamese
2012 Ko:Yad A Silent Way Mising
2015 Dau Huduni Methai Song of the Horned Owl Bodo
2016 Sarvagunakar Srimanta Sankardeva Assamese
2019 Bishkanyar Deshot[2] In the Land of Poison Women Pangchenpa

Awards

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National Film Awards

Year Film Category Citation Ref
1999 Baibhab Special Mention For her poetic expression in her debut film. [3]
2003 Aakashitorar Kothare Best Feature Film in Assamese For its juxtaposition of a woman's search for her cultural heritage and its loss. [4]
Best Female Playback Singer Awarded toTarali Sarma
For her tuneful rendition of a devotional song without instrumental accompaniment. 		[4]
2008 Aai Kot Nai Best Feature Film on National Integration For its honest look at a burning problem in Northeast India, its attempt to break down artificial boundaries and giving it a human and aesthetic appeal. [5]
2012 Ko:Yad Best Feature Film in Mishing A stark and realistic film with a strong subtext about a driftwood collector makes compelling viewing. [6]
Best Cinematography Awarded to Sudheer Palsane
The unexplored charm ofNorth-East Indiathrough different seasons is all the more alluring in the eyes of this Cinematographer. 		[6]
2018 In the Land of Poison Women Best Feature Film in Pangchenpa The film is a depiction of an individual’s effort to break the myth of ‘poison women’ in a remote part of Arunachal Pradesh. [7]

Other awards

Year Award Film Ref
2000 Gollapudi Srinivas Award Baibhab [8]
2000 Best film in Asia,6th Dhaka International Film Festival Baibhab [9]
2004 Best Director, Assam State Film Award Aakashitorar Kothare [10]
2004 Audience Award, Dhaka International Film Festival Aakashitorar Kothare [11]

References

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  1. ^"Manju Borah - Assamese Filmmaker".Onlinesivasagar.com.Retrieved15 March2013.
  2. ^"A mysterious tale: manju borah's 'bishkanyar deshot'".Arunachal24.in.10 October 2018.Retrieved28 October2018.
  3. ^"47th National Film Awards"(PDF).Directorate of Film Festivals.Retrieved13 March2012.
  4. ^ab"51st National Film Awards (PDF)"(PDF).Directorate of Film Festivals.Retrieved15 March2012.
  5. ^"56th National Film Awards"(PDF).Directorate of Film Festivals.Retrieved27 March2012.
  6. ^ab"60th National Film Awards Announced"(PDF)(Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India.Retrieved2 May2013.
  7. ^"66th National Film Awards"(PDF).
  8. ^"Film review: Manju Borah's film, In the land of Poison women".North East Film Journal.16 January 2023.
  9. ^"Montreal honour for Bodo film".The Times of India.27 June 2015.
  10. ^"Cheques given to Assam State Film Award winners bounce".Daily Excelsior.18 March 2023.
  11. ^"MANJU BORAH Member of the Jury, 8th NSFFI 2018, Guwahati".vigyanprasar.gov.in.Retrieved19 March2024.
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