Mehdi Jahan
This is the first set of materials assembled as a part of the Annotated Repository of the Art Cinemas of India project supported by the University of Chicago Delhi Centre. It includes reviews and writings on the cinema of Jahnu Barua.
Interviews with Jahnu BaruaMehdi Jahan interviews Jahnu Barua:
Interviews with Media:
i. TIDE OF THE TIMES (Film-maker Jahnu Barua looks at the darker side of development) – MADHU JAIN (INDIA TODAY, 31 March, 1995)
ii. In this stressful society, healthy entertainment is indeed the need of the masses : Jahnu Barua – Interview by RASHMI SARMAH for The North East Daily, February 11, 2001
iii. “ It doesn’t matter whether the audiences sees my films, I’ll carry out my responsibilities” HIWANU BORA interviews JAHNU BARUA (In Assamese) ( CHITRA SANGBAAD, June 9, 1995)
iv. Adults need to understand children : Jahnu – Interview by RASHMI SARMAH for The Sentinel, November 8, 2002
v. AUDIENCE SHALL CARRY OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, JAHNU BARUA IS NOT WORRIED (Assamese) – BIDYUT KUMAR BHUYAN (DAINIK AXOM, July 28, 1995)
vi. JAHNU BARUA – ASSAM FOR TEA (Assamese) - MONMOROMI MAHANTA interviews JAHNU BARUA for NILACHAL
vii. PUREY DESH KE NAKSHE PAR ASSAM GAURWANWIT HUA HAIN (JAHNU BARUA SE BAATCHEET) (Hindi) - HARBHAJAN KAUR ‘DAISY’ for SENTINAL (August 6, 1995)
viii. DEEPAKJYOTI BARUA INTERVIEWS JAHNU BARUA (Assamese) – JONOMBHUMI ( September 27, 1995)
ix. ARIJIT ADITYA INTERVIEWS JAHNU BARUA (Bangla) (Source Unknown) (1/2)
x. BETWEEN TAKES (The North East Sun interviews Jahnu Barua) May 1-14, 1997
xi. A FEW WORDS WITH JAHNU BARUA – BIJOYLAKSHMI BARUA interviews JAHNU BARUA for Dainik Axom) October 17, 1997
xii. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (The Telegraph interviews Jahnu Barua) Bihu Special, 1998 (1/2)
xiii. AN AWARD WINNING FILM DIRECTOR CRITIQUES THE INDIFFERENCE TO HISTORY – MEENAKSHI SHEDDE, The Sunday Times Of India, June 14, 1998
xiv. ASSAMESE FILM INDUSTRY IS SURVIVING ON BORROWED OXYGEN : JAHNU BARUA (NAVA THAKURIA interviews JAHNU BARUA) (Source Unknown)
xv. EVEN I HAD A DREAM...AND NIGHTMARE ? (Assamese) – JAHNU BARUA, NATOON SOMOY, July 26, 1999
xvi. FOLK CULTURE IN ASSAM A VICTIM OF SOCIAL CONFLICT : JAHNU BARUA – THE NORTH EAST TIMES, JANUARY 1, 2000
Writings on Jahnu Barua's Filmsi. JAHNU BARUA AND THE RIVER OF LIFE - AMITA MALIK ( THE SUNDAY STATESMAN, MARCH 5, 1995
ii. A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (Jahnu Barua’s latest film is a sensitive statement on developmental dilemmas ) – RANJINI RAJAGOPAL (INDIAN EXPRESS, April 16, 1995)
iii. A film-maker’s journey – PARTHA PRATIM HAZARIKA, The Assam Tribune, November 9, 2001
iv. What shall be our responsibility now (after Jahnu Barua bagged the national award for best director)? ( Assamese) – ARUN LOCHAN DAS (AAJIR AXOM, June 10, 1995)
v. Age of innocence – RASHMI SARMAH, April 19, 2002
vi. JAHNU BARUA’S CINEMA AND US (Assamese) – MUNIN BAYON ( Source Unknown)
vii. Jahnu Barua : the man and his movies – ASIF IBRAHIM, The North East Times, February 5, 2000
viii. JAHNU BARUA – A DIRECTOR WITH A DIFFERENCE (Interview) – THE HINDU, July 12, 1995
ix. Portrait of an idealist (a short piece on Sailadhar Baruah, known for his long standing collaboration with Jahnu Barua as producer) – MAITREYEE BARUAH, The Telegraph, December 3, 2004
x. Jahnu Flicks : A Flashback – PABITRA KUMAR DEKA, The Sentinel, April 9, 2005
xi. GIFTED DIRECTOR WHO NOW MAKES FILMS FOR HIMSELF – UTPAL BORPUJARI ( ASIAN AGE, September 23, 1995)
xii. HKHAGOROLOI BOHU DOOR : AN OUTSTANDING FILM – CHANDAN SARMA (TIMES, October 14, 1995)
xiii. HKHAGOROLOI BOHU DOOR AND AUDIENCE REACTION (Assamese) – LALIT BORA (AXOM BANI, October 27, 1995)
xiv. JEEVAN KE TAMAM PEHLUHWO KO SAMETA HAIN ‘HKHAGOROLOI BOHU DOOR’ NE (Hindi) – HARBHAJAN KAUR ‘DAISY’ (SENTINAL 5, October 22, 1995)
xv. HKHAGOROLOI BOHU DOOR- A FILM OF HOPE AND DESPAIR (Assamese) – JITEN SARMA (AXOM BANI, November 3, 1995)
xvi. THE SEA IS FAR AWAY BUT JAHNU BARUA IS MOVING CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE (Assamese) – ROOPRAJ KUMAR SARMA (Source Unknown)
xvii. MATURING OF ASSAMESE CINEMA - VIDYARTHI CHATTERJEE ( THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, November 18, 1990)
xviii. WINNER WITHOUT VIEWERS – NITIN GOKHALE (The Telegraph, February 16, 1996)
xix. AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE MULTIPLE LIMITATIONS, THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NORTH EAST FILM-MAKERS IS A GLORIOUS TRIUMP – RHINUSMITA KAKOTI (North East Sun, May 1-14, 1997)
xx. BUSHED ABOUT THE TREES (Jahnu Barua’s film BANANI is a must for all those concerned with the greening of the mind) – Bombay Times, The Times Of India, June 10, 1998
xxi. RECALLING A MOMENT (Jahnu Barua’s film ‘KUHKHAL’ pays a moving tribute to a forgotten hero) – SAIBAL CHATTERJEE, Outlook, November 16, 1998
xxii. A POLITICO MORAL BIOGRAPHY (A review of KUHKHAL) – VISHNU KHARE, The North-East Times, November 2, 1998
xxiii. AN AUTHENTIC PORTRAYAL OF A TRAGIC EVENT (KUHKHAL) – GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN , The Hindu, January 18, 1999
Writings by Jahnu Baruai. Cinema and its impact on today’s society – a personal viewpoint - JAHNU BARUA [ ‘Chitra Chinta’, Gauhati Film Club journal, February 1, 2008 (1/2)
ii. The new trend in Indian Cinema thematically , aesthetically and technically – JAHNU BARUA [‘Chitra Chinta’, Gauhati Film Club journal, Annual Issue, February 2007 ]
iii. The new trend in Indian Cinema thematically , aesthetically and technically – JAHNU BARUA [‘Chitra Chinta’, Gauhati Film Club journal, Annual Issue, February 2007 ] (1/2)
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Publications from the Guwahati Film Society:
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Mehdi Jahan's interview with Altaf Mazid
