Tara (actress)
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Tara is an Assamese
film actress, who has worked in Assamese
, Manipuri, Punjabi and Hindi films
in a career extending more than 50 years. Her prominent features include Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
, which won the National Film Award for Best Film
in 1988, Banaras - A Mystic Love Story
, and Shakuntala, directed by Bhupen Hazarika
.
She died 19 of May 2007 in Gauhati, Assam
.
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...
film actress, who has worked in Assamese
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...
, Manipuri, Punjabi and Hindi films
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
in a career extending more than 50 years. Her prominent features include 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...
, which won the National Film Award for Best Film
National Film Award for Best Film
The National Award for Best Feature film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1954. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards given among National Film Awards...
in 1988, Banaras - A Mystic Love Story
Banaras - A Mystic Love Story
Banaras: A Mystic Love Story is the name of an Indian Bollywood film directed by Pankaj Parashar released in 2006. The film takes place in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi and is centered around the relationship of a young woman with her parents and her lover...
, and Shakuntala, directed by Bhupen Hazarika
Bhupen Hazarika
Bhupen Hazarika was an Indian lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam. His songs,written and sung mainly in Assamese by the legend himself, are infused with humanity and universalism, and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notable being Bengali ,Hindi and...
.
She died 19 of May 2007 in Gauhati, 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...
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Filmography
- Kahani Gudiya Ki (2007)
- Banaras (2006) or Banaras: A Mystic Love Story
- Jee Aayan Nu (2003)
- Meemanxa (1994) or The Verdict (India: English title)
- Ishanou (1990) or The Chosen One (International: English title)
- Ajala Kokai (1989)
- Kolahal (1988) or The Turmoil (International: English title)
- Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987), The Catastrophe or, The Yellow Birds
- Sandhya Raag (1977)
- Aranya (1971)
- Aparajeya (1970) or The Unvanquished
- Dr. Bezbarua (1969)
- Maram Trishna (1968)
- Ito Sito Bahuto (1963) or Lots of Things Around
- Shakuntala (1961)
- Ranga Police (1958) or Red-capped Police
- Mak Aru Marom (1957) or, Mother and Love