Jamuna Baruah

Jamuna Baruah

Jamuna Baruah (born 1919 - died November 24 2005) was a leading Assamese actress. According to her family members, she had been ill for some time, and the cause of death was illness related to old age. She breathed her last at her residence in south Kolkata. Baruah is survived by three sons.

Originally from Gauripur of Assam's Goalpara district (undivided), Jamuna was married to the legendary actor director Pramathesh Barua, or P.C. Barua, who died in 1950. She began her acting career in her husband's famous production "Devdas" in 1936 and was the film's lead character Parvati or Paro. She went on to make a number of memorable movies in Assamese, Bengali and Hindi, notably "Amiri", "Mukti", "Adhikar" and "Sesh Uttar". She stopped acting after Barua died.

External links

* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1306703.cms Article from The Times of India]
* [http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/05/nov/24devdas.asp Another article on Jamuna Baruah’s demise]
* [http://mib.nic.in/dff/photopic7.jpgA photograph of Baruah giving a speech]
* [http://www.downmelodylane.com/dty_files/1935_devdas.jpgA photo from "Devdas" (1936)]


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