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Phani Sarma is a Actor Indian born on 1909
Phani Sarma (Assamese: ফণী শৰ্মা) (1910–1970) was an Assamese theatre actor, playwright, film actor and director. Beginning as a stage actor, he appeared in the first film ever made in Assamese cinema, Joymati. in 1935.
He acted in and directed Siraj in 1948 and Pioli Phukan in 1955.
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Phani Sarma
Phani Sarma (Assamese: ফণী শৰ্মা) (1910–1970) was an Assamese theatre actor, playwright, film actor and director. Beginning as a stage actor, he appeared in the first film ever made in Assamese cinema, Joymati. in 1935.
He acted in and directed Siraj in 1948 and Pioli Phukan in 1955.
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Era Bator Sur (1956)
Directed by Bhupen Hazarika
Actors Phani Sarma, Balraj Sahni, Bishnu Prasad Rabha
The Assam tea gardens are the setting for this love story : a researcher and a flautist fall in love with the same woman. The researcher steps aside because he believes the flautist's art to be indispensable. The film focuses on the tea gardens and the folk music of the workers.
Devdas (1937)
Directed by P.C. Barua
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Phani Sarma, Zubeida
Roles Devdas (Debdax)
The childhood friendship of Devdas (Phani Sarma) (who is from a wealthy family) and Paro (Zubeida) (whose family is not as well off) blossoms into love as they grow up. Devdas' father does not approve of the relationship due to differences in their families' status in the village and of their castes. (Devdas is of the Brahmin caste and Paro of the Merchant caste.)
Devdas (1936)
, 2h19Directed by P.C. Barua
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Kundan Lal Saigal, Jamuna Barua, P.C. Barua, Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari, Rajkumari, Phani Sarma
Rating59%
Devdas (K. L. Saigal) falls in love with Parvati (Jamuna) with whom he has played since childhood and who is the daughter of a poor neighboring family. Devdas goes away to Calcutta for University studies. Meanwhile, Parvati's father arranges her marriage to a much older man. Though she loves Devdas, she obeys her father to suffer in silence like a dutiful Hindi wife. Devdas as a result takes to drink. Chandramukhi (Rajkumari), a dancing girl or 'prostitute' he has befriended in Calcutta, falls for him and gives up her profession to try to save him. Parvati, hearing of his decline, comes to see him to steer him away from a life of drinking. Devdas sends her back saying in his hour of final need he will come to her. She returns to her life of duty. Realising his end is near, Devdas decides to keep his promise and meet Parvati. He journeys all night, reaches her house and is found dead outside the high walls of her house. Inside Parvati hears that Devdas is dead.
Joymoti (1935)
Directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
Genres Biography, Historical
Actors Aideu Handique, Swargajyoti Barooah, Phani Sarma
Rating9%
Set in 17th-century Assam, the film recounts the sacrifice of Joymoti, an Ahom princess tortured and killed by the Ahom king Borphukan for refusing to betray her husband Gadapani by disclosing his whereabouts. The event is interpreted in contemporary patriotic terms, and calls for a greater harmony between the people of the hills and those of the plains. The hills are represented by the leader Dalimi, a Naga tribeswoman who shelters the fugitive Prince Gadapani.