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DOB : 05-11-1946
Date of death: 07-04-2018
Lived For : 71 Years
Star Sign : Scorpio
Gender : Male

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An Indian filmmaker, actor, and writer by the name of Munin Barua. He was born in Assam, India, in 1948. His work in Assamese cinema is what made him most famous.

A well-known Indian film director named Munin Barua has made a name for himself in the Assamese cinema industry. Having written scripts and worked multiple jobs, Munin made his directorial debut with Pratima in 1987. Pita Putro (1987), Pahadi Kanya (1991), Prabhati Pokhir Gaan (1992), Nayak (2001), Kanyadaan (2002), Rong (2004), Dinabandhoo (2004), and Raamdhenu (2011) are just a few of the films he has worked on throughout the years. When Assamese film faced a hard patch in 2000, Munin's smash hit Hiya Diya Niya was instrumental in bringing the sector back to life. Dinabandhoo, one of his films, got the National Film Award in 2004 for Best Feature Film in Assamese. The romantic comedy Priyaar Priyo saw Munin take the helm once more in 2017.

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In the middle of the 1970s, Munin Barua began working as an assistant director and playwright in Assamese cinema. In addition to Bowari, Ghar-Sansar, Sonmoina, Mon-Mandir, Sewali, Daag, Barood, Rong, Maya, and Bidhata, he has written the scripts for 21 other movies. For the movies Bowari, Ghar-Sansar, and Sonmoina directed by Shiva Prasad Thakur, he served as an associate director. In the 1987 film Pratima, Barua and Nipon Goswami Nipon Goswami is an Indian actor and also a theatr >> Read More... made their directing debuts.