Jahnu Barua

Jahnu Barua was born on Oct 17, 1952 in India. Jahnu Barua's big-screen debut came with I Did Not Kill Gandhi directed by Jahnu Barua in 2005. Jahnu Barua is known for Ajeyo directed by Jahnu Barua, Rupam Chetia stars as Gojen Keot (Young) and Jupitora Bhuyan as Hasina. Jahnu Barua has got 19 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Jahnu Barua achieved is National Film Awards, India. The upcoming new movie Jahnu Barua plays is Ajeyo which will be released on Jan 03, 2014.

Twelve times National Award winner Jahnu Barua is a well known film maker from India who has made 15 feature films so far. His films have won over 20 international awards including Silver Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival.Hailing from Assam, Jahnu made 13 of his films in his native language Assamese which brought Assamese cinema and culture to the national and international map. Jahnu's first film in Hindi is Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Maha (I did not kill Gandhi) that has been critically acclaimed worldwide. He has just competed shooting of an Assemese film " Broken Window" in 2017, which is in post production.He is working on a major English project titled "Homing Pigeons " set in UK and Assam.An other international film in development is " Unread Pages" which is already announced .Graduated in Film Direction form Film & Television Institute of India Jahnu is the Board member of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute of India, Calcutta. He also teaches cinema as guest professor in these two prestigious National film Institutions, whenever he can spare time. He was jury member to many International Film Festivals and headed a few of them.