Renowned Assamese filmmaker-scriptwriter Bhaskar Jyoti Das passed away on Thursday, December 26, due to ca♉ncer🏅, his close friends said, reportetd PTI. Das was 51.
Bhaskar Jyoti Das was suffering from cancer for a long period and died at a hospital, his close friend and National Award-winning filmmaker Utpal Borpujari said.
Das was the co-director and producer of the feature film Antardhan and made acclaimed documentaries such as Where Is My Home, I Don't Want to be Born Again for Poem, and An Unknown Summer.
Apart from directing, Das had written scripts for award-winning movies including Haanduk, Sonar Baran Pakhi, and Bokul Phulor Dore among others.
He was also in the jury of ꦡthe 2nd Guwahati International Film Festival and 2nd NEFVTA.
Bhaskar Jyoti Das' demise is a huge loss to the entire Assamese film indu𝓀stry.
