Assamese filmmaker Bhaskar Jyoti Das dies of cancer

Thu, 26 December 2024

21:54

Renowned Assamese filmmaker-scriptwriter Bhaskar Jyoti Das died on Thursday due to cancer, his close friends said.

He was 51.

Das died at a hospital after suffering from cancer for a long period, his close friend and National Award-winning filmmaker Utpal Borpujari said.

Das had written scripts of award-winning movies such as Haanduk, Sonar Baran Pakhi and Bokul Phulor Dore.

He was the co-director and producer of the feature film Antardhan and made acclaimed documentaries such as An Unknown Summer, Where Is My Home and I Don't Want to be Born Again for Poem.

He also served on the jury of the 2nd Guwahati International Film Festival and 2nd NEFVTA, and was working on the post-production of a feature film when he had to be hospitalised. -- PTI

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