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 Aideu Handique in Joymoti | |
| Born | 27 June 1915 Pani Dihingia Gaon, Golaghat. Assam |
| Died | 17 December 2002 Kamargaon, Golaghat |
| Parent(s) | Nilambar Handique, Laxmi Handique |
Aideu Nilambar Handique (Template:Lang-as; 27 June 1915 – 17 December 2002) was the first film actress of Assamese cinema. She starred in the film Joymoti (1935) directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala.
Joymoti
In 1933, Jyotiprasad Agarwalla was planning the first Assamese talkie, Joymati. Then an associate of Agarwalla (Dimba Gohain)- and Aideu's cousin showed photographs of Aideu to Agarwalla. The filmmaker was impressed and the teenage girl was lured to the filmmaker's tea estate. Joymati premiered in 1935, and became a classic, while Aideu's name went down in the annals of Assamese cinema. But the star never got to see Joymati. There was no local cinema and only 40 years later on a documentary she saw clips from it.
Personal life
Aideu Handique was born on June 27 1915 in Pani Dihingiya, Golaghat, Assam to Nilambar Handique and Malakhi Handique. She remained unmarried because she called her co-actor Bongohordeo (husband) in the film and it was treated as taboo in the society at that time. she was shunned by neighbors, and sank into solitude and obscurity. Villagers would not drink from the pond from which she fetched water, her family were fined by a kangaroo court and no man would marry her.
Recognition
She never acted after Joymoti gain except for a minuscule role in the film Ganga Siloni and a guest appearance in a film made on her life. In 1985, when Assam celebrated the golden jubilee of the state's cinema, was her role acknowledged. The East Indian Motion Picture Association had gifted Aideu a wheelchair. The Assam Government, much later, gave her Rs.1,500 a month as pension. It also recommended her name for Padmashri, but was denied the award because she had done only one film. In 1991, a girls' school was named after her in her village.
Aideu (Behind the Screen)
Main article: AideuAn Assamese film Aideu (Behind the Screen) was made on Aideu Handique tragic life and times of the first Assamese film actress by Arup Manna which was released in Mumbai International Film Festival in February 8, 2007.
References
- ^ Haresh Pandya (2003-02-15). "Obituary: Aideu Handique | Film". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
- Tamuli, Babul (2002) Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, The Assam Tribune.
- "Assam's first actress Aideu Handique was lured into acting". India.com. 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
- ^ "The Telegraph - North East". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
- "Recognition too late". The Hindu. 2007-03-25. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
- Santanava Hazarika. "Reel Reality". Retrieved 2013-04-15.
External links
- JOYMOTI The First Assamese Film at bipuljyoti.in