Bhaskar Jyoti Das Photo: Instagram/ @film_association_nagaland Bhaskar Jyoti Das Photo: Instagram/ @film_association_nagaland Renowned Assamese filmmaker-scriptwriter Bhaskar Jyoti Das passed away on Thursday, December 26, due to cancer, his close friends said, reportetd PTI. Das was 51.
Bhaskar Jyoti Das was suffering from cancer for a long period and died at a hospital, his close friend and National Award-winning filmmaker Utpal Borpujari said.
Das was the co-director and producer of the feature film Antardhan and made acclaimed documentaries such as Where Is My Home, I Don't Want to be Born Again for Poem, and An Unknown Summer.
Apart from directing, Das had written scripts for award-winning movies including Haanduk, Sonar Baran Pakhi, and Bokul Phulor Dore among others.
If you’ve heard stories about him, you might imagine a wizard with a hockey stick, with astonishing skills.
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Bhaskar Jyoti Das' demise is a huge loss to the entire Assamese film industry.winph