Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan
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Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan সাত্যকী ডি'কম ভূঞা | |
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 Bhuyan in 2023 | |
| Born | 15 March 1973 Guwahati, Assam, India |
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| Parent | Dhiru Bhuyan (father) |
Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan is an Indian actor, director, playwright, writer, and theatre activist from Guwahati, Assam.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan was born in 1973 in Guwahati, Assam, India. He is the son of Dhiru Bhuyan, an actor and filmmaker.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Bhuyan completed his schooling at Faculty Higher Secondary School, Amingaon and went on to receive his bachelor of arts degree in English from Cotton College in 1994.[3] In 2000, he completed his master of arts in sociolinguistics at Gauhati University[4] while working at The Telegraph as a correspondent.[5]
Career
[edit]Since 1991, Bhuyan has been a columnist, writing articles and features by invitation for various regional and national newspapers and magazines in India. His contributions in the fields of music and culture have been featured in such publications as The Times of India,[citation needed] The Wire,[6] The Sentinel,[7] The Telegraph,[citation needed] and The Assam Tribune.[citation needed]
From 2005 to 2014, he worked as a communications associate for the International Finance Corporation, based in Kolkata and Dhaka, Bangladesh.[8]
Bhuyan is an adjunct faculty member at the School of Communication and Media at Royal Global University in Guwahati.[9] He is a national mentor for Katha Utsav,[10] a festival of young writers in India, and he conducts various theatre workshops.[11][12] Additionally, he is the founder of the D'Passion Collective theatre group.[13]
Bhuyan has participated in the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages through his indigenous storytelling in Assamese and Nagamese creole.[14] He has also taken part in TEDx events in Guwahati, including "Wider Horizons" (2017),[15] "Boundaries No More" (2018),[16] and "Reality Rings in Ancient Gongs – The Backstory" (2021).[17]
Acting and directing
[edit]Bhuyan has appeared in the 2017 action film Mission China as a sniper.[18][19]
He directed the 2023 documentary film The Platinum Gong, celebrating the life of musician Lou Majaw.[20][21]
Selected plays
[edit]- A Streetcar Named Desire: Tennessee Williams[22]
- Where There's a Will: Mahesh Dattani[23]
- Ahh!!! Women: Miro Gavran[24]
- 30 Days in September: Mahesh Dattani[22]
- Clowning Glory – A Day in the Life of an Actor: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan [25][26]
- Ami Asu[27][2]
Awards
[edit]- India Today Youth Icon (2010)[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Interview: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan Reveals the Man behind the Theatrical Mask". India Today NE. 5 May 2020.
- ^ a b "A Heartfelt Tribute to Dhiru Bhuyan: Commemorating 25 Years of an Assamese Theatre Legend". The Times of India. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Meet the industry expert – An interactive session with Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". cottonuniversity.ac.in. 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Gauhati University Department". indcareer.com. 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Theatre is the only work which you can play". North East Today. 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Articles by Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". The Wire.[dead link]
- ^ "Papon brings Bollywood to Guwahati". Sentinel Assam. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "IFC and Indian Industry Aim to Strengthen Trade in South Asia". International Finance Corporation.[dead link]
- ^ "Faculty Members – Royal Global University". rgu.ac.
- ^ "Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". Katha.org.
- ^ "Theatre workshop at DPS Dimapur". Nagaland Post. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Bid to bring the Bard back on stage – Handique college tries to revive english theatre". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright". India Today. 10 October 2010.
- ^ "Indigenous Storytelling in Assamese (Axomiya) and Nagamese through Bamhum and Howey Music". iyil2019.org. 1 September 2020.
- ^ "TEDxDispur | TED". ted.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Theme: Boundaries No More". TEDx. 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Theme: Reality Rings in Ancient Gongs – The Backstory". TEDx. 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan". IMDb.
- ^ "Popular Celebrities". indianfilmhistory.com.
- ^ "The Assam Tribune: E-Paper 3 Mar 2023". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright". India Today. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Guwahati's theatre extravaganza: the organizers' perspective" (PDF). academypublisher.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Arclight on woman's life". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Clowning Glory" Featuring Priyasha Bharadwaj Leaves Audience Charmed in Guwahati | G Plus, 24 July 2023, retrieved 11 October 2023
- ^ "Glimpses from Day 1 of "Clowning Glory" at @lush_thecafe "Clowning Glory" kicked off with a bang at Lush, featuring the incredibly..." Instagram. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "'Ami Asu': Guwahati pays tribute to Dhiru Bhuyan with power-packed theatrical performance". India Today NE (in Hindi). 7 October 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.