Assamese filmmaker, actor and director Bidyut Chakraborty has died at the age of  56 due to prolonged illness. Chakraborty is survived by his mother and his wife. He won the National Award for his first film “Rag Birag” in 1996 in the category of Best First Film of a Director. He was well known for his films “Anurag“, “Gun Gun Gane Gane” and “Dwar“. These films had won many prestigious awards.

Bidyut Chakraborty was conferred with Indira Gandhi Award (Golden Lotus Award for Best Film) in 1996. He was the lead actor and associate director of another popular Assamese film Ahir Bhairav which was shot entirely in the United Kingdom.

Tidbits

Assamese Film industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie Joymoti.

The first Animation Film of Assam is Hum Badal Gaye, directed by Ryan Hazarika.

Bihu is the state festival of Assam.

Dispur is the official capital of Assam. However all important offices such as Assam High Court, National Law University, IIT, DGP Headquarters and other important offices are all located in Guwahati.

The World’s largest river island, Majuli is located in Assam.

Digboi, a town in the Tinsukia district of Assam is known to be birth-place of Indian Oil Industry. Asia’s first oil refinery is located in this place.