Sailadhar Baruah (December 1941 – January 10, 2010) was a film producer from Assam

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 was born in North Guwahati in December 1941. He was a bachelor and had two brothers and a sister.

Education

Baruah did his schooling from Cotton Collegiate Higher Secondary School and graduated in Science from Pragjyotish College.

Career

He has produced a number of critically acclaimed films many of which have won national as well as international awards. He has a long association with eminent director Jahnu Barua

Jahnu Barua

Jahnu Barua is a multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director from Assam. He has directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films, and along with Bhabendra Nath Saikia was one of the pioneers of Assamese Art cinema...

. He also did a commissioned programme for Doordarshan

DoorDarshan

Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...

 titled Shruti Madhur in 2005. Apart from film making he was a sportsman and cultural activist. He along with a few friends founded the Kristhi Vikas Sangha, a socio-cultural club. He was also the founder chairman and current director of the Assam Institute of Mass Communications and Research.

Death

On January 1, 2010, Baruah was admitted at International Hospital. He was suffering from diabetes and heart ailments. On January 10, 2010, at 2:30pm he died while in the hospital. Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi condoled Baruah’s death saying his death created a void in the State’s cultural and entertainment arena. The All Guwahati Students’ Union has also mourned the death of Baruah and paid their last respect visiting his residence. His body was taken to his Panbazar office (Baruah Medicos), Assam Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, Uzanbazar, and Ravindra Bhavan and then the last rites were performed at Navagraha crematorium on January 11, 2010.

Filmography

• Papori
  Papori
  Papori is an Assamese language feature film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film stars Gopi Desai, Biju Phukan, Sushil Goswami, Chetana Das and Dulal Roy. The film was released in 1986.-Plot summary:...
  
  
• Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
  Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
  Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai is a 1987 Assamese film of social genre made by director Jahnu Barua. This film had won the National Film Award for Best Film in 1988, and also multiple awards at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1988...
  
  (1988)
• Firingoti
  Firingoti
  Firingoti is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film was released in 1992.-Plot:The story is set in 1962, the time of Sino-India war. It revolves around a widowed teacher named Ritu who is transferred to Koronga, a small Assamese village. The school here was destroyed by fire...
  
  (1991)
• Xagoroloi Bohudoor
  Xagoroloi Bohudoor
  Xagoroloi Bohudoor is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film was released in 1995.-Plot summary:...
  
  (1995)
• Kushal (1998)
• Pokhi
  Pokhi
  Pokhi is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film was released in 1998. The film is the second instalment of his trilogy others two being Xagoroloi Bohu Door and Konikar Ramdhenu . The film won a National Award as the Best Film in the Regional Category in 2000....
  
  (1998)
• Konikar Ramdhenu
  Konikar Ramdhenu
  Konikar Ramdhenu is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film was released in 2003. The film was shown in Indian Panorama section of IFFI during October 2002 in Delhi and Mumbai International Festival in 2003. The film is the last instalment of his trilogy, the other two being...
  
  (2003)
• Tora
  Tora (film)
  Tora is an Assamese language children’s film directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by Sailadhar Baruah. The film was released in 2004. The film received the Best Children’s Film award in the 51st National Film Awards for the year 2003....
  
  (2004)