Biswajeet Bora

Boomba Ride (2021) was one of six Indian films shown at Marché du Film during the Cannes Film Festival 2022. His film Boomba Ride (2021) won the 69th National Film Awards for Best Mishing language film. He also works as a script consultant for a government institution.

• Name — Biswajeet Bora • Born — 8 August 1979 • Birthplace — Golaghat, Assam, India • Education — Golaghat Commerce College • Occupation — Film director producer, writer, and editor • Years Active — 2001–present • Spouse — Lopamudra Gogoi Bora

Bora was born in the village of No. 1 Senchowa, Golaghat, Assam, India, to Purna Chandra Bora and Monju Bora. He began acting in amateur plays when he was 16 and later enrolled in Evergreen Drama and Film Institute in Golaghat. He also began practicing martial arts and received a black belt in 1999. Bora later shifted his creative focus to writing about films in Assamese newspapers, as well as directing plays. He received his degree in Assamese literature from Golaghat Commerce College in 2001, then moved to Mumbai to pursue film editing.

In Mumbai, Bora worked as a film editor before assisting Jahnu Barua as associate director on several projects, including Ejak Jonakir Jhilmil (2007), for seven years. Bora's 2009 documentary Angel of the Aboriginals: Dr Verrier Elwin, was shown at the Bollywood Beyond Film Festival in Germany and the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences conference in Turkey. In 2015, he wrote and directed Aisa Yeh Jahaan, the first Indian film to be carbon-neutral during its filming process. He subsequently directed Bahniman (2016), Phehujali: The Dawn (2017), and Raktabeez (2018). God on the Balcony, which Bora filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, premiered at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival in 2021. Bora's films have appeared at a number of film festivals, including those in Kolkata, Pune, Dhaka, Shanghai, Stuttgart, New York, Kerala, Barcelona, Melbourne, San Francisco, Bengaluru, Washington DC, Rajasthan, Guwahati, and Delhi. Others include the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India, Imagine India International Film Festival, Third Eye Asian Film Festival, Rainbow Film Festival, LASA International Film Festival, and Jagran Film Festival.

Bora lives in Mumbai with his wife, writer and fashion designer Lopamudra Gogoi Bora, and their son, Troy.

• Year — Original title — Title in English — Language — Director — Producer — Writer — Actor — Ref • 2008 — Ejak Jonakir Jhilmil — A Thousand Fireflies Sparkle — Assamese — Co-producer • 2010 — Angel of the Aboriginals: Dr Verrier Elwin — English • 2015 — Aisa Yeh Jahaan — The World It Is — Hindi • 2016 — Bahniman — Bahniman — Assamese • 2017 — Phehujali: The Dawn — Assamese • 2018 — Raktabeez — Raktabeez — Assamese • 2019 — Dhuyein se Dhuyein Tak — Smoke — Hindi • 2020 — Balconit Bhogawan — God on the Balcony — Assamese • 2021 — Lakhimi — Lakhimi — Assamese — Co-producer • Boomba Ride — Boomba Ride — Assamese/Mising • 2026 — Kokadeuta Nati Aru Hati 2 — Assamese — Yes • 2026 — Birangana Sadhani — Birangana Sadhani — Assamese