- Date of Birth: 17 October, 1952
- Place of Birth: Guwahati, Assam
- Biography: Jahnu Barua (Assamese: জাহ্নু বৰুৱা) (1952- ) is a multiple national and international award winning Indian film director from Assam. He has directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films, and along with Bhabendra Nath Saikia was one of the pioneers of Assamese Art cinema. He is best known for... Read more
Filmography
- Har Pall (2009)
- Mumbai Cutting (2009)
- Mumbai Cutting (2008)
- Chasing Butterflies (2007)
- Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005)
News
New Delhi: Award winning film maker Jahnu Barua says that entertainment films are audio-visual drugs for the audience and are mere addiction, they deliver nothing. ... Full Article
Ashutosh Gowariker at a book launch
indiatimes.com –
2009-08-15
TNN 15 August 2009, 12:00am IST The literattis and film buffs of the city gathered together on Thursday evening to celebrate a book on Bimal Roy, authored by writer and documentary filmmaker, his daughter Rinki Bhattacharya. ... Full Article
Molestation complaint against Shiney?
oneindia.in –
2009-06-23
Cutting down the rumour that there was a molestation complaint against Shiney Ahuja during the shooting of Har Pall, director Jahnu Barua says, "This is just a very sad rumour being spread at a time when Shiney is already going... ... Full Article
Eesha Koppikar stunned by cops
oneindia.in –
2009-04-30
Eesha Koppikar acted as a cop in 2005 hit comic caper Kyaa Kool Hain Hum . Her character was named Urmila Martodkar. Though she played a no-nonsense cop, her histrionics had everyone in splits. ... Full Article
Students write to filmmakers
telegraphindia.com –
2009-04-09
Students of the troubled Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute met chairman Buddhadeb Dasgupta for the second time on Wednesday afternoon. Dasgupta told the students that many members of the film school's governing council, which includes filmmaker Jahnu Barua and... ... Full Article
NEW DELHI: A law on the lines of the Goonda Act of Tamil Nadu or the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Act should be enacted by the Centre to deal with the menace of piracy which is eating into the vitals... ... Full Article