Roopkar
Roopkar was the first Assamese language, tabloid-sized magazine about Assamese cinema, theater and culture. Established in 1974, the magazine was founded and edited by journalist and writer Pabitra Kumar Deka.[1] Advisers of the magazine were musician Bhupen Hazarika and writer Nirode Choudhury.
Roopkar was published on a monthly basis.[2] It was the most popular entertainment magazine in the Northeast; it also instituted the first popular film awards “Roopkar Awards” in Assam in 1975. The magazine existed till the early nineties. Film Critic Utpal Datta made a short film on Pabitra Kumar Deka titled "Bye Lane 2" which got selected in the Goa International Film festival in 2014.
"Roopkar Award" was instituted in 2011 in the memory of its founder Pabitra Kumar Deka. It is given yearly to one distinguished personality in the field of stage & cinema.
Roopkar Award Winners
- 2011 --- Ratna Oza - Writer and stage director
- 2012 --- Tapan Das - Actor, director and short story writer
References
- ↑ Abdul Gani (31 March 2013). "Roopkar Film Festival to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema". Assam Times. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ↑ Vishwanath Bite (February 2015). "Vishwanath Bite in Conversation with Utpal Datta". The Criterion. Retrieved 28 October 2016.