TV Series, Documentaries & Films
Producer, Director and Anchor of “Bidexot Apon Manuh” (our own people abroad) first Assamese sponsored serial shot entirely in foreign countries like Canada, UK, USA, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Dubai, New Zealand, Australia , Thailand, Singapore, Norway, Austria, Switzerland and Germany featuring in travelogue style the Assamese Non-Resident Indians , their life and success stories , their struggles in a foreign land , second generation Assamese and their awareness about their roots etc, telecast every Sunday over Doordarshan Kendra , Guwahati at 7.30 pm.from 2001 to 2008. Completed 230 episodes and is longest running serial on DDK Guwahati.
Producer and Anchor of the popular Assamese song & interview based programme “Geetimalika” telecast over Doordarshan, Guwahati which is the first serial in Assamese to have completed 100 episodes in December 2000. For its 50th episode a programe on Dr Bhupen Hazarika’s visit to UK was featured along with his interview and song picturisaton of his song ‘ Manuhe Manuhor Baabe’ in London.
Director of developmental serial `Rupahi Asom Jonaki Batere’ telecast every Sunday at 6.00 pm on Doordarshan Guwahati from 2005- 2016.
Producer, Director and Script Writer of the serial “Sound of Music” telecast on Doordarshan, Northeast channel in the years 1998-1999, which completed 75 episodes.
UNDER COMMISSIONED CATEGORY ( DOORDARSHAN KENDRA GUWAHATI)
2003-2004 -`Women of Substance ‘ featuring the life and work of women achievers in the North East. Had featured Mamoni Raisom Goswami, noted Assamese litterateur, Chekravelu Sworu, world class archer from Nagaland and Garima Hazarika noted Sattriya & Odissi dancer from Assam.
2003-2004 – Producer / Director of “Nirmala’ a four episode serial based on child labour.
2008-2009 – Director of `Mohadustor Dusto Buddhi’, a four episode children comedy serial based on eminent Assamese literatteur Dr. Bhabendranath Saikia’s story.
2010-2011– Director of “Aparajita” – , a five episode documentary on women empowerment.
Film Division Mumbai
2010-2011 – Director of “Strawberry Finds Its New Home In North-East” – , A documentary on strawberry planting in Meghalaya commissioned by Film’s Division, Mumbai
It was selected as official entry at the The International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) in 2018 and at the South Asian Film Festival, Kolkata in 2019. Special Jury Mention in the Chalachitram Film Festival, Guwahati in the year 2018. It was recently awarded the Best Educational Film of the year by 23rd UGC- CEC Educational Video Competition under the aegis of Communication for Educational Consortium New Delhi and received along with a certificate, a trophy and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh in a ceremony held in Mysore on 25th November 2021.
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This documentary is an inspiring first person account and primary source of information of nonegenarian Assamese actress Jnanada Kakati's decades of experience in cinema overcoming the challenges of a conservative mindset of the late1940's. Her first film Parghat (1949) was the seventh Assamese film. She was also one of the first Indian actresses who received international recognition for her film Puberun when it was screened at Berlin International Film Festival in 1960 for which she also received an award from President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. It is an autobiographical documentary on veteran nonagenarian Assamese actress Jnanada Kakati whose foray into films as a wife, mother of two children, daughter-in-law and daughter in the backdrop of a conservative mindset of late 1940's was indeed challenging. Jnanada Kakoti was not only the first Assamese actress, in fact it would not be wrong to say that she was one of the first Indian actresses to receive international recognition and fame when her film 'Puberun' directed by ace film maker Prabhat Mukherjee was selected to be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in the year 1960 where she was invited as a special guest. The film 'Puberun' was the only Indian film to participate at the Berlin International Film Festival in that year alongside films like 'Breathless' of France's Jean Luc Goddard. Jnanada Kakati received an award for the film 'Puberun' from late President Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan.
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