Kapil Bora
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Kapil Bora is a frontline Cine-Star of Assam
. He is noted for his chocolate hero, romantic image and excels in romantic roles. Apart from cinema, he is also a major actor in Assamese
musical video-CD films, which are a hot craze in Assam. He has lent his voice to many a All India Radio
dramas and is a major actor in the roaming theatres of Assam.
Kapil Bora was born on the 30th of March and has been educated in Don Bosco School, Guwahati and Cotton College
, Guwahati
.
Presently he stays in Hengerabari , Guwahati with his brother , Sri Kumaril Bora and his parents.
His impeccable English
and Assamese
diction and flawless voice has landed him several plum achoring and compering roles in a host of shows like the "Assam Idol"-a musical talent hunt TV show, New Years Eve Celebration programmes and several Govt. Functions.He has carved a niche in the showbiz business and has a good fan following.
films. He debuted in Gun Gun gane gane and bagged all the prestigious debutant awards for this debut. Subsequently he has moved from film to film and earned both critical acclaim and box-office success. He has also earned himself a unique place amongst the cine-stars as "Gen-Next" actor. His latest film is Jeevan Baator Logori
which was a runaway commercial success.
The notable ones are:-
, staged in Rabindra Bhawan.It was an adaptation of the English play, "In Camera", by philosopher and playwright Jean Paul Sartre.
He was also associate director of a play called Agnibristi where he plays the lead role too, under Jerifa Wahid
production ,staged in Rabindra Bhawan.It was an adaptation of the play ,The Fire and the Rain , by Girish Karnad production.
In another marvellous play with Jerifa Wahid
, Pancharatna ,staged in Rabindra Bhawan ,he plays a bold theme of gay boy troubled by his alternate sexuality.
Kapil Bora has also acted in an eight-episode Hindi
TV serial titled Manushi (with seven stories by Sahitya Akademi
award winner Sneha Devi) , directed by Sanjib Hazarika in national telecast(DD).
Niyoror phool is an ongoing serial in News Live
- Television Channel broadcast from Guwahati.
Kapil is presently hosting a Spelling contest for children in the news channel "Rang".
Kapil Bora and Nishita Goswami, co-hosted the 3rd Darpan Mrs India North East title, the highly coveted beauty pageant for the married women in the North East, during a glittering function at the Pragjyotika ITA Centre auditorium for performing Arts.
Forest guards of the Kaziranga National Park have been long neglected but a 21-minute documentary film Friends of Kaziranga by Assam's noted film editor Kaju is a humble effort to pay tribute to these guards who work against all odds to protect animals.The background narration by popular Assamese actor Kapil Bora also adds to the quality of the film with vital information about the guards and the Park as the story unfolds.
Actor Kapil Bora also inaugurated a clothes bank at a function held at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati.In this unique clothes bank discarded clothes were accepted and distributed to the poor and needy,
This bank was launched by a city-based NGO, Xavier’s Foundation, with the support of North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi), which is a financial and development institution formed under the DoNER ministry,
's roaming theatre is a success story , with a lot of technical wizardry on show. Kapil Bora had acted in Ashirbad Theatre. Presently he is acting in Rajmahal Theatre in the plays "Surongor Sekhot"- a drama which was aired in the All India Radio in the 1980s-, "Surjyo" and "Bhai".
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
. He is noted for his chocolate hero, romantic image and excels in romantic roles. Apart from cinema, he is also a major actor in Assamese
Assamese language
Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language. It is used mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in...
musical video-CD films, which are a hot craze in Assam. He has lent his voice to many a All India Radio
All India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
dramas and is a major actor in the roaming theatres of Assam.
Kapil Bora was born on the 30th of March and has been educated in Don Bosco School, Guwahati and Cotton College
Cotton College
Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school AT in Cotton near Oakamoor, North Staffordshire, England, also known as Saint Wilfrid's College. It closed in 1987 and the site is now derelict....
, Guwahati
Guwahati
Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...
.
Presently he stays in Hengerabari , Guwahati with his brother , Sri Kumaril Bora and his parents.
His impeccable English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Assamese
Assamese language
Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language. It is used mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in...
diction and flawless voice has landed him several plum achoring and compering roles in a host of shows like the "Assam Idol"-a musical talent hunt TV show, New Years Eve Celebration programmes and several Govt. Functions.He has carved a niche in the showbiz business and has a good fan following.
Filmography
Kapil Bora has acted in a host of AssameseAssamese language
Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language. It is used mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in...
films. He debuted in Gun Gun gane gane and bagged all the prestigious debutant awards for this debut. Subsequently he has moved from film to film and earned both critical acclaim and box-office success. He has also earned himself a unique place amongst the cine-stars as "Gen-Next" actor. His latest film is Jeevan Baator Logori
Jeevan Baator Logori
Jeevan Baator Logori is an Assamese language feature film directed by Timothy Das Hanche under the banner Hills Motion Pictures Association of Diphu. The film is set in the rural and urban areas of Assam and shot at Cinemascope at 35mm format.-Synopsis:...
which was a runaway commercial success.
The notable ones are:-
- Gun Gun Gane Gane
- Bidhata
- Kadambari
- Astaraag
- Mon
- Ajanite Tumaar
- Ahir BhairabAhir Bhairav (film)Ahir Bhairav is an Assamese language film directed by Siva Prasad Thakur and produced by Dr Ronen Sarma, a UK based Assamese NRI, under the banner of Rondeep Productions Ltd...
- Prem Pahare Bhoyame
- Bukuwe BisareBukuwe BisareBukuwe Bisare is an Assamese language film directed by fashion designer Dipankar Kashyap. It is a debut film of the director produced by his sister Shikha Kashyap and Dipali Chowdhury. The film stars Kapil Bora, Jerifa Wahid and Ravi Sarma. The story is about friendship and love shot in exotic...
- Jeevan Baator LogoriJeevan Baator LogoriJeevan Baator Logori is an Assamese language feature film directed by Timothy Das Hanche under the banner Hills Motion Pictures Association of Diphu. The film is set in the rural and urban areas of Assam and shot at Cinemascope at 35mm format.-Synopsis:...
- Jetuka Pator DoreJetuka Pator Dore-External links:*...
Stage and TV
Kapil Bora has given a number of laudable performances in stage- the notable ones being Narakor Gopan Kakhyat with Jerifa WahidJerifa Wahid
-Filmography:*Abhimaan,*Atikram* Headmaster* Dhua* 'Agnigarh'* 'Tumi Mor Matho Mor'* 'Seuji Dharani Dhunia'* 'Anya Ek Jaatra'* 'Naayak'* Gun Gun Gaane Gaane* Prem Geet* Agnisakshi* Kadambari*Antaheen Jaatra*Deuta Diya Bidaay* Aami axomiya*Ahir Bhairav...
, staged in Rabindra Bhawan.It was an adaptation of the English play, "In Camera", by philosopher and playwright Jean Paul Sartre.
He was also associate director of a play called Agnibristi where he plays the lead role too, under Jerifa Wahid
Jerifa Wahid
-Filmography:*Abhimaan,*Atikram* Headmaster* Dhua* 'Agnigarh'* 'Tumi Mor Matho Mor'* 'Seuji Dharani Dhunia'* 'Anya Ek Jaatra'* 'Naayak'* Gun Gun Gaane Gaane* Prem Geet* Agnisakshi* Kadambari*Antaheen Jaatra*Deuta Diya Bidaay* Aami axomiya*Ahir Bhairav...
production ,staged in Rabindra Bhawan.It was an adaptation of the play ,The Fire and the Rain , by Girish Karnad production.
In another marvellous play with Jerifa Wahid
Jerifa Wahid
-Filmography:*Abhimaan,*Atikram* Headmaster* Dhua* 'Agnigarh'* 'Tumi Mor Matho Mor'* 'Seuji Dharani Dhunia'* 'Anya Ek Jaatra'* 'Naayak'* Gun Gun Gaane Gaane* Prem Geet* Agnisakshi* Kadambari*Antaheen Jaatra*Deuta Diya Bidaay* Aami axomiya*Ahir Bhairav...
, Pancharatna ,staged in Rabindra Bhawan ,he plays a bold theme of gay boy troubled by his alternate sexuality.
Kapil Bora has also acted in an eight-episode Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
TV serial titled Manushi (with seven stories by Sahitya Akademi
Sahitya Akademi
The Sahitya Akademi ', India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India...
award winner Sneha Devi) , directed by Sanjib Hazarika in national telecast(DD).
Niyoror phool is an ongoing serial in News Live
News Live
News Live is a 24 hour satellite channel of Assam, northeast India. Newslivetv.com is the official portal of the news channel. This is second satellite news chennal of northeast India. News Live broadcasts news in Assamese & English language. It was launched on 21 January 2008.-Bureau:News Live has...
- Television Channel broadcast from Guwahati.
Kapil is presently hosting a Spelling contest for children in the news channel "Rang".
Compering and Social causes
Kapil had compered for Axom Idol - a Musical Talent search programme hosted in NE TV, Sur-Taal-Loy another Musical talent programme impressively anchored by Kapil Bora in association with Barasharani Bishaya and Surajit Malakar Guwahati - and various News years eve celebrations hosted in DD(NE) and participated in the cultural extravaganza in the closing function of the 33rd National games, held at Guwahati.Kapil Bora and Nishita Goswami, co-hosted the 3rd Darpan Mrs India North East title, the highly coveted beauty pageant for the married women in the North East, during a glittering function at the Pragjyotika ITA Centre auditorium for performing Arts.
Forest guards of the Kaziranga National Park have been long neglected but a 21-minute documentary film Friends of Kaziranga by Assam's noted film editor Kaju is a humble effort to pay tribute to these guards who work against all odds to protect animals.The background narration by popular Assamese actor Kapil Bora also adds to the quality of the film with vital information about the guards and the Park as the story unfolds.
Actor Kapil Bora also inaugurated a clothes bank at a function held at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati.In this unique clothes bank discarded clothes were accepted and distributed to the poor and needy,
This bank was launched by a city-based NGO, Xavier’s Foundation, with the support of North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi), which is a financial and development institution formed under the DoNER ministry,
Theatre
AssamAssam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
's roaming theatre is a success story , with a lot of technical wizardry on show. Kapil Bora had acted in Ashirbad Theatre. Presently he is acting in Rajmahal Theatre in the plays "Surongor Sekhot"- a drama which was aired in the All India Radio in the 1980s-, "Surjyo" and "Bhai".
Endorsements
Presently the youthful looking Kapil Bora is the brand ambassador of CEC- an educational trust based in Guwahati. He has also done modelling for different assignments.List of Music Video CDs/ TV serials of Kapil Bora
- Jan Oi Joubon Doi
- Moromjaan (2007)
- Ure Pakhi Meli
- Ajanite Tumak
- Moromi Priya
- Rato Rani (NepaliNepali languageNepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...
) - Nargis (On the Assamese Muslim culture, by Biju PhukanBiju PhukanBiju Phukan is a senior Assamese cine-actor of great fame. He was born in Dibrugarh , where he studied in the hallowed "Kanoi College". He acted in more than thirty Assamese movies of the 80s and has contributed a lot towards Assamese cinema. His first movie was Dr...
) - Tora (produced by Nayan Nirban)
- Rongpuror Nasonir Bihu
- Niyoror Phool (Assamese serial)