| Lakshminath bust A bust of Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbarua was installed at his birthplace – Ahatgurihat, on October 31, under the aegis of the Asom Sahitya Sabha, Morigaon District Sahitya Sabha and Ahatguri Anchalik Sahitya Sabha. A meeting held on the occasion was presided over by Kanaksen Deka, president of the Sabha. Dhirendra Nath Chakravarty and Dr Naren Kalita addressed as guests of honour. The distinguished guests at the function included Radha Bora (donor of the statue), Satish Chandra Chowdhury, Narendra Nath Keot, Dr Pradip Bhuyan and Bivekananda Doloi, MLA, film maker Hemen Das and Jayanta Deka. |
| Album Monomohini Now here’s an album which is a  first of its kind. The audio CD, titled Monomohini, contains ten songs in Sanskrit language. Eight of the songs are translated from the Assamese compositions of legendary figures like Srimanta Sankardev, Lakshminath Bezbaruah, Jyotiprasad Agarwala, Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Bhupen Hazarika etc. It is heartening to note that the novel endeavour has been made by Ranjan Bezbaruah, who has translated and rendered them attractively. Two of the songs are also written and sung by him. Bezbaruah deserves praise for making an effort to bring forward memorable Assamese compositions to world wide listeners and lovers of Sanskrit. The songs include Sankardev’s Suno Suno Re Suno Boiri Pramana, Bezbaruah’s Sakhi Hey, Jyotiprasad’s Morey Jivanorey Sakha, Rabha’s Bishware Chande Chande, Bhupen Hazarika’s Dola Hey Dola etc. The co-singers in the CD are Tulika Devi and Shamim Rahman Sultan. The CD is produced by the singer Bezbaruah under the banner of Mayukhi Communication. |
| Assamese film scenario There appears a ray of hope at the fag end of the year for the Assamese film industry. Lately, three new film projects have been announced. They are – Brajen Bora’s Rajiv Bhagawan, Rajani Barman’s Jui and Hemanta Kalita’s O Mor Monei Tora. The shooting of Jui is going to be launched from December 8. The film is an offering from Gulfi and Shah Production of Guwahati. The film has a number of Assamese film stars that include Jatin Bora, Nipon Goswami, Bishnu Khargharia, Abdul Majid, Barsharani Bishaya, Dinesh Das, Hiranya Das, Atul Pachani, Raag Ainitan and others. Mumbai’s Dinesh Thakkar is going to operate the camera, while music is being prepared by Ananta Bezbaruah. The production of Hemanta Kalita’s O Mor Monei Tora is scheduled to be launched soon. The songs of the film have been already recorded under the music direction of Madhab Deka. The lyrics are penned by Parag Kumar Bhattacharya. The photography will be done by Benu Neog and Mrinal Kalita. The cast is not yet finalised. A good number of noted artistes, both young and old, are supposed to star in it. Director Hemanta Kalita is the producer of the film, while Sangita Devi and Labanya Dutta Chowdhury are the executive and associate producers respectively. The story, screenplay and dialogue are by Sangita Devi. |
| Suranjana enthrals Suranjana Sarma, a talented Bharat  Natyam dancer, recently enthralled the audience with her performance held at the Sankaradeva Kalakshetra. Her performance included four aspects of Bharat Natyam – Kautavam, Varnam, Padom and Tillana. She proved her expertise in all the four dances. Special mention may be made of Padam, suitably presented with a Padavali composition of Joydev and Purandardas and attractive expressions. She was also near perfect in the other three aspects of the dance. Suranjana has had training in Bharat Natyam since the age of five under guru Indira PP Bora and had her Arangetram at the age of 15. Hailing from Guwahati, she is presently residing outside the State with her husband and has performed at various places of the country and earned applause. Incidentally, she is also teaching Bharat Natyam at a dance institute of the Army cantonment in Ludhiana. Her programme at Kalakshetra was inaugurated by Nrittacharya Jatin Goswami. |
Apurba Kumar Das