This Article is From Nov 24, 2011

IFFI pays tribute to Bhupen Hazarika

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Highlights

  • The 42nd Indian International Film Festival today paid a tribute to legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika by screening his film Ek Pal.
  • The 1986 film, directed by Kalpana Lajmi, boasts of a starcast including Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Farooq Sheikh.
  • Hazarika was its producers as well as music composer.
  • Hazarika also made a short appearance in a scene in the film, set in his homeland Assam.
  • Ek Pal charts the journey of a woman Priyam, who falls in love with a man but marries another only to live a life of emptiness.
  • Besides singing and composing, Hazarika also directed a number of films in his lifetime. He passed away on November 5 in a Mumbai hospital at the age of 86.
  • Besides Hazarika, IFFI is also paying tribute to the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Tareque Masood, Claude Chabrol, Sidney Lumet, Raul Ruiz and Adolfas Meekas.
Panaji: The 42nd Indian International Film Festival today paid a tribute to legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika by screening his film Ek Pal.

The 1986 film, directed by Kalpana Lajmi, boasts of a starcast including Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Farooq Sheikh.

Hazarika was its producers as well as music composer.

Hazarika also made a short appearance in a scene in the film, set in his homeland Assam.

Ek Pal charts the journey of a woman Priyam, who falls in love with a man but marries another only to live a life of emptiness.

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Besides singing and composing, Hazarika also directed a number of films in his lifetime. He passed away on November 5 in a Mumbai hospital at the age of 86.

Besides Hazarika, IFFI is also paying tribute to the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Tareque Masood, Claude Chabrol,Sidney Lumet, Raul Ruiz and Adolfas Meekas.
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