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. Advisers of the magazine were musician Bhupen Hazarika and writer Nirode Choudhury.

Cover of the first issue of Roopkar magazine

Roopkar 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.

In 2013, "Roopkar Film Festival" was held in Guwahati on the occasion of 100 years of Indian Cinema. 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.

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