Popular Assamese artist and filmmaker Pulak Gogoi passed away at the age of 84 | Media Pyro

Renowned Assamese artist and filmmaker Pulak Gogoi ended his experiment with canvas and celluloid on Saturday when he died at a government facility here after a prolonged illness. He was 84.

The deceased is survived by his wife, daughter and son.

Gogoi was suffering from kidney and heart ailments and was admitted to Gauhati Medical College Hospital.

Condoling his death, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted “Saddened to hear of the death of Pulak Gogoi, a pioneer in the cultural world of Assam, a renowned film director and a renowned painter and sculptor. ”

An innovator who shaped the path of modern art in Assam, Gogoi was born in Jorhat and studied at Bandra College of Art.

A popular artist with oil and acrylic medium as forte, Gogoi’s canvass has been exhibited at Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai, Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata, Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi, Washington Hodges Gallery, and various places in the state and Meghalaya.

As a young artist, he wanted to pursue his passion in Kolkata but poor finances forced him to seek employment from renowned artist, filmmaker and writer Bhupen Hazarika who helped him get a part-time job in a studio. movies in 1967.

However, he returned to Guwahati in the same year and started drawing cartoons for several publications, including ‘Amar Pratinidhi’ and ‘Asam Bani’, and later joined the famous Assamese daily ‘Dainik Asam’.

He also assisted Bhupen Hazarika and edited the Assamese magazine ‘Amar Pratinidhi’ from 1967 to 1972.

Gogoi made his foray into filmmaking in 1974 with his debut ‘Khoj’ and went on to make some path-breaking films like ‘Mahimamoyee’, ‘Sadari’, ‘Sendur’. ‘, ‘Relar Alir Dubari Bon’, ‘Morom Nadir Gabharu Ghat’ and ‘Patni’ among others.

The Government of Assam honored him with the ‘Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha’ award in 2017 for his outstanding contribution to the arts in the state.