Santwana Bordoloi is an Indian director, actress, radio host and pediatrician from Assam. Her directorial ventures, Adajya (1996) and Maj Rati Keteki (2017), both won the National Film Award for Best Assamese Feature Film, despite being released two decades apart.[2] Santwana Bordoloi started her career as an actress, featuring in the popular TV series Tejaal Ghora, directed by Kulada Kumar Bhattacharyya.
Santwana Bordoloi | |
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| Born | 1949 or 1950 (age 74–75)[1] |
| Organization | iBeats Private Limited. |
Career
editDr Santwana Bordoloi is a pediatrician who works at 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 completed the film in about a month while managing her medical practice.[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.