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Kopil Bora (born 30 March 1977) is an Assamese actor, anchor and All India Radio voice artist. He debuted in Bidyut Chakravarty's 2002 Assamese film Gun Gun Gane Gane and known for his performance in Mon (2002), Ahir Bhairav (2008), Jetuka Pator Dore (2011) and Dwaar (2013).
Early life
Kopil Bora attended high school at Don Bosco High School, Guwahati, and later attended college at Cotton College, Guwahati. He currently resides in Guwahati.
Career
= Feature films
=Kopil Bora has appeared in numerous Assamese films. He debut film was Gun Gun Gane Gane (2002), directed by Bidyut Chakravarty. Additionally, his movie Mon was released in later that year. His other films include Bidhata (2003), Kadambari (2008), Ahir Bhairav (2008), Jeevan Baator Logori (2009), Jetuka Pator Dore (2011), Dwaar (2013) and Raag: The Rhythm of Love (2014). In the 2013 film Dwaar, he played the mentally ill character Dwijen Bhattacharya and his performance was appreciated by critics.
= Stage and television
=Kopil Bora has acted in Narakor Gopan Kakhyat with Zerifa Wahid, staged in Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati. It was an adaptation of the French play "In Camera" by Jean-Paul Sartre. In another play with Zerifa Wahid, Pancharatna, staged in Rabindra Bhawan, he played a gay boy troubled by his sexuality. He was also the associate director of the play called Agnibristi where he played the lead role, under Zerifa Wahid's production, staged in Rabindra Bhawan. It was an adaptation of Girish Karnad's play The Fire and the Rain.
In television, he acted in an eight-episode Hindi mini-series titled Manushi (with seven stories by Sahitya Akademi award winner Sneha Devi), directed by Sanjib Hazarika for Doordarshan. His other television credit includes Niyoror Phool on News Live. He also hosted a spelling contest for children on Rang.
= Mobile theatre
=Kopil Bora debuted in Assam's roaming theatre with Ashirbad Theatre. He also acted in Rajmahal Theatre. The list of plays includes "Surongor Xekhot", a drama which was aired in the All India Radio in the 1980s, "Surjyo" and "Bhai".
Other Activities
= Compering and social causes
=Kopil Bora has compered for Axom Idol - a Musical Talent search program hosted in NE TV, Sur-Taal-Loy, another musical talent program anchored by Kopil Bora in association with Barsha Rani Bishaya and Surajit Malakar Guwahati - and various New year's eve celebrations hosted in DD NE and participated in the cultural extravaganza in the closing function of the 33rd National games, held at Guwahati.
Kopil Bora gave the background narration for the documentary Friends of Kaziranga (2010), which honors the Kaziranga National Park's forest guards.
Bora inaugurated a 'clothes bank' at an event held at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati, which redistributes discarded clothes to people in need, launched by a NGO, Xavier's Foundation, with the support of North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi), which is a financial and development institution formed under the DoNER ministry.
Filmography
= Assamese films
== Bengali films
== Music videos and television
=Jan Oi Joubon Doi
Moromjaan (2007)
Ure Pakhi Meli
Ajanite Tumak
Moromi Priya
Rato Rani (Nepali)
Nargis (On the Assamese Muslim culture, by Biju Phukan)
Tora (produced by Nayan Nirban)
Rongpuror Nasonir Bihu
Niyoror Phool (Assamese serial)
References
External links
Kopil Bora at IMDb
Kopil Bora on YouTube
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Penghargaan Filmfare Timur
- Kopil Bora
- Bora (surname)
- Kothanodi
- Zerifa Wahid
- Jeevan Baator Logori
- Ajeyo
- List of people from Assam
- Cotton University
- Nishita Goswami
- Jetuka Pator Dore
