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Guwahati: Renowned Assamese filmmaker-scriptwriter Bhaskar Jyoti Das died on Thursday due to cancer, his close friends said.
He was 51.
Das died at a hospital after suffering from cancer for a long period, his close friend and National Award-winning filmmaker Utpal Borpujari said.
Das had written scripts of award-winning movies such as Haanduk, Sonar Baran Pakhi and Bokul Phulor Dore.
He was the co-director and producer of the feature film Antardhan and made acclaimed documentaries such as An Unknown Summer, Where Is My Home and I Don't Want to be Born Again for Poem.
He also served on the jury of the 2nd Guwahati International Film Festival and 2nd NEFVTA and was working on the post-production of a feature film when he had to be hospitalised.
Prominent film personalities offered their deep condolences to the bereaved family of Das.