- Rudra Baruah
Luit Konwar Rudra Baruah was one of the foremost music pioneers of Assam. He was a
actor ,composer ,lyricist ,singer andmusician . He served with Govt. ofAssam in the Public Relations Department (since renamed as Directorate of Information and Public Relations) and established the Culture & Film Division in the 1970s. [cite web |url=http://janasanyogassam.nic.in/pubrel1.htm |title=Official Website of Directorate of Information & Public Relations |accessdaymonth=20 November |accessyear=2007 |publisher=Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Govt of Assam ]He was conferred the tile Luit Konwar in honour of the sterling work from his side for the development of music and cinema in
Assam .He was born in Bhimor village near Puranigudam in
Nagaon district in 1926 and lived inGuwahati later on. [cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/bipuljyoti/music/rudra_barua.html |title=Remembering Rudra Barua |accessdaymonth=20 November |accessyear=2007 |author=Manjit Kumar Sarma |publisher=Bipuljyoti Saikia ] He appeared in and directed music for several Assamese films and composed a lot of folk music in the local language. He died onFebruary 14 1980 leaving behind his wife and three sons.Films
*Kallol (Music Director) [cite web |url=http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=language&start=Assamese |title=Assamese Cinema |accessdaymonth=20 November |accessyear=2007 |publisher=Indian Cinema Database ]
ongs
*Poka dhanor maje maje (lyrics, music)
*Kauri pore (music)
*Kasot kolochi haali jaali koon menoka aahe (lyrics, music)References & Notes
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