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Sailadhar Baruah

Sailadhar Baruah was a successful businessman of Guwahati in Assam. Later he joined in Assamese Film Industry as a producer. He produced his debutfeature film in Assamese Halodhia Charaye Baodhan Khai (The Catastrophe) with film director Jahnu Barua in 1987 and the film received Golden Lotus Award for Best Film in India and four International Awards including Grand-Prix Silver Leopard in Locarno International Film Festival He has produced five films and all films received National and International awards including World Peace Prize in Chicago, prix-de public in France, Best of Asia in Tokyo, Fribourg, Switzerland, Brussels, Nantes, Cairo and many more. They were able to seta standard of realistic cinema.

About

Sailadhar Baruah Memorial Trust

Well cultured, an honest businessman and an eminent producer Sailadhar Baruah along with Jahnu Barua won Swarna Kamal and establish Assamese film not just in India but in the global arena. But on January 10 in 2010, Sailadhar Baruah passed away following a prolonged illness, leaving a void almost impossible to fill.

After that his younger brother Mrinmoy Baruah, sister Nirmala Talukdar and with the support of his other family members and well-wishers we set up "Sailadhar Baruah Memorial Trust". The main aim of the trust is to keep his works alive and carry forward his legacy. With that motto in mind, we started this Sailadhar Baruah Film Awards among the films made in Assam in 2016. Later in 2019, we expanded our area by covering all the states of the North-East Region.

Aims

The Sailadhar Baruah Film Awards — a feature film competition for North East Region to encourage the production of films of aesthetic and technical excellence, Social relevance and cultures in cinematic form also promoting unity and integrity of North East Region.

We are thankful to all the filmmakers and well-wishers from across the North East for their unconditional love and support over the years, which motivated us to go ahead.