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. Many new and young journalists contributed to the magazine, some of who have made a mark in the field of cine journalism like Kamal Lochan Das, Shekharjyoti Bhuyan, Arun Lochan Das, Rejek Aji Ahmed, Azim Hazarika, Hemanta Kumar Das, Jibaraj Barman, Utpal Datta, Bidyut Kumar Bhuyan etc. The Kolkata correspondent for the magazine was Nitai Ghosh. The magazine existed till the early nineties.

Film Critic and a former reporter of the magazine, 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.[3]

"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

References

  1. ↑ Abdul Gani (31 March 2013). "Roopkar Film Festival to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema". Assam Times. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Vishwanath Bite (February 2015). "Vishwanath Bite in Conversation with Utpal Datta". The Criterion. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Sanskriti Pandey. "Highway of success".


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