Swargajyoti Barooah was one of the earliest first few film actresses of Assamese Cinema

Assamese cinema

Assamese cinema is cinema in the Assamese language, watched primarily in Assam, India. The industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie Joymoti...

. She acted as a child artist in the first Assamese film Joymati

Joymati

Joymati , released on 10th March, 1935, was the first ever Assamese film. Based on Lakshminath Bezbaruah's play on the 17th century story of Sati Joymati, the film was produced and directed by the noted Assam poet Jyotiprasad Agarwala, and starred Aideu Handique and acclaimed stage actor and...

 released way back in 1935. The film was produced and directed by the noted Assamese

Assamese people

The Assamese people are a well-defined subgroup of People of Assam. Though sometimes they are defined as the Assamese-speaking Indo-Aryans of the Brahmaputra valley,, this definition is not legally binding...

 poet Jyotiprasad Agarwala, and starred Aideu Handique

Aideu Handique

Aideu Handique is the first film actress of Assamese cinema. She starred in the film, Jyoti Prasad Agarwala's Joymati . She remained unmarried because she called her co-actor Bongohordeo in the film.-References:...

 and acclaimed stage actor and playwright Phani Sarma

Phani Sarma

Phani Sarma was an Assamese theatre actor, playwright, film actor and director. Beginning as a stage actor, he appeared in the first film ever made in Assamese cinema, Joymati...

. The film was shot between 1933 and 1935.

Swargajyoti Barooah enacted the childhood character of Dalimi in the film. She died young due to serious health problems. She was married to Shri Tara Prasad Barooah of Golaghat

Golaghat

Golaghat , which was one of the largest subdivisions of Assam later, elevated to the position of a full-fledged district of Assam on 15 August 1987, is the headquarters of Golaghat district and is a sister town to Jorhat which is about 55 km away....

 (An eminent lawyer of Assam

Assam

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, University Prize-man, Gold-medalist in English from Calcutta University and an alumnus

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 of Scottish Church

Scottish Church College, Calcutta

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 who was also one of the few Tamra-Patra recipient freedom fighters 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...

). Though her original surname was Datta she became more identified with her married name of Barooah.