Santwana Bordoloi
Santwana Bordoloi | |
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| Born | 1949 or 1950 (age 74–75)[1] |
| Organization | iBeats Private Limited. |
Santwana Bordoloi ([সন্তৱানা বৰদলৈ]) is a director, actress, radio host and paediatrician from Assam, India. Both her directorial ventures, Adajya (1996) and Maj Rati Keteki (2017), set two decades apart, have won a National Award for the Best Feature Film in Assamese.[2] Santwana Bordoloi started her career as an actor. She featured in popular TV series "Tejaal Ghora". This Series was directed by one of the renowned directors Kulada Kumar Bhattacharyya.
Career
[edit]Dr Santwana Bordoloi is a paediatrician by profession and works at the Dispur Hospital. In 1996, she made her directorial debut with Adajya (The Flight). The film is based on Indira Goswami’s (Mamoni Raisom Goswami's) novel, Dontal Haatir Uiye Khowa Haoda (The Moth Eaten Howdah of a Tusker), and it won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese, and also was showcased at various international film festivals. She took just about a month to make the film while juggling her medical clinic on the slide.[1]
The two-decade gap in her films gave her critics the space to call her a "one-film wonder". However, she came out with Maj Rati Keteki in 2017, which also won an award for Best Assamese Feature Film at the 2017 National Awards.[3] Film star Adil Hussain won Nargis Dutta Award – Special Mention (feature film) at 64th National Film Awards for acting in this film.[4][5][6][7][8]
Awards and honors
[edit]- International Fipresky Award (2005)
- International Fipresky Award (1996)
- Kodak Vision Award
- Padma Shri Award (2003)
- Kamal Kumari National Award (on Culture, 2004)
- Bhupen Hazarika Award (2012)
- Padma Bhushan (2015)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dr Santwana Bordoloi: A doctor and a movie director". India Today. 2 February 1998. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Phukan, Vikram (27 January 2018). "Maj Rati Keteki: A mirror to Assamese society". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Thakuria, Nava. "Maj Rati Keteki: Director Reveals Author's Insight". NewsBlaze India. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "NEWS LIVE - 24 hour satellite TV News and infotainment Channel from Guwahati for the Northeast Region, Assam, India - News Live - Pushing North-East 24x7". Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ "Recognition by National Award Jury Prestigious, Inspiring: Adil Hussain". News18. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Henna Rakheja (7 April 2017). "Adil Hussain on National Award win: It's dangerous to get an award like this | bollywood". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "National Film Awards: 'Dikchow Banat Palaax' Wins Best Feature film on National Integration » Northeast Today". Northeasttoday.in. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Back to films after a two-decade hiatus". The Hindu. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.