Renu Saikia (10 December 1934 – 17 November 2011) was a prolific actress in the Assamese film industry, who later became famous as character actress, appearing in three well renowned films bringing a new change to Assamese cinema and theatre, where she appeared in hits like Maniram Dewan (1963), made by Harbeshwar Chakraborty, Dr. Bezbaruah (1968), made by Brojen Baruah and Ratanlal (1970s). Her other memorable roles were in some well-known stage plays, Kalyani, Joymoti, Nimila Angko, Taxi Driver and Rajpath - one of the most famous drama-act, which made her way towards the Assamese cinema.

Biography

She was born on 10 December 1934 into a well-known family in Sripuria, Tinsukia, Assam. Her parents were Komol Borbora (an executive officer from Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Digboi) and Puniyaprova Borbora. Her father later left his job due to official issues (a long strike in the company). She had ten siblings, one of them the late Golap Chandra Borbora, a Member of Parliament and Chief Minister of Assam (1978). She began her acting career at age 18 in the stage play, Joymoti (1952), and went on to play lead roles. Rajpath (1961) was her career turning point theatre to the Assamese film industry. She acted in a Hindi play directed by Humeshwar Barua and a Bengali play, Nicher Mohol. She was noted as "Lalita Pawar" of Assamese cinema, after her role in Dr. Bezbaruah.