Jahnu Barua

Indian film director

Jahnu Barua

Born|  (1952-10-18) 18 October 1952 (age 71)

Sivasagar, Assam, India

Occupation(s)| Film director, writer, producer
Spouse|

Gayatri Barua (Naumi)

(m. 1989)​

Children| Ozu Barua (Actor)
Awards|

* Padma Shri (2003)
* Padma Bhushan (2015)

Jahnu Barua (born 1952) is an Indian film director. He has written and directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films. Some of his notable films are Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987), Firingoti (1992), Xagoroloi Bohu Door (1995), Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara (2005), Konikar Ramdhenu (2003), Baandhon (2012), and Ajeyo (2014).

Jahnu Barua has been conferred Padma Shri (2003) and Padma Bhushan (2015). He served as chairman of the Indian Film Directors' Association in 1993.[1]

## Filmography[edit]

Year | Title | English Title | Language | Director | Producer | Writer | Editor

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1982 | Aparoopa | Aparoopa | Assamese | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
1984 | Apeksha – Hindi version of Aparoopa | Expectation | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
1986 | Papori |  | Assamese | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
1987 | Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai | Catastrophe | Assamese | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
1990 | Bonani | Forest | Assamese | Yes |  |  | Yes
1992 | Firingoti | Spark | Assamese | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
1995 | Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door | It's a Long Way to the Sea | Assamese | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
1998 | Kuhkhal | Price of Freedom | Assamese | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
2000 | Pokhi | And the River Flows | Assamese | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
2003 | Konikar Ramdhenu | Ride on the Rainbow | Assamese | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
2004 | Tora | Tora's Love | Assamese | Yes |  | Yes | Yes
2005 | Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara | I Did Not Kill Gandhi | Hindi | Yes |  | Yes |
2010 | Mumbai Cutting (Anjane Dost segment) |  | Hindi | Yes |  |  |
2012 | Baandhon | Waves of Silence | Assamese | Yes |  | Yes | Yes
2014 | Ajeyo[2] | Invincible | Assamese | Yes |  | Yes | Yes
2018 | Bhoga Khirikee[3] | Broken Window | Assamese | Yes |  | Yes | Yes
Under Production | Unread Pages[4] | – | Assamese, English | Yes |  |  |

## Television[edit]

* Adhikar (Right, 1988)
* Ek Kahani (One Story, 1986)

## Politics[edit]

The Raijor Dal officially announced that Jahnu Baruah had extended his support along with Assamese film actress Zerifa Wahid and lawyer Arup Borbora.[5][6]

## Awards[edit]

Jahnu Baruah has received the following awards:

* Padma Shri in 2003[7]
* Padma Bhushan in 2015[8]

### National Film Awards[edit]

* 2013: Best Feature Film in Assamese: Ajeyo[9]
* 2012: Best Feature Film in Assamese: Baandhon[10]
* 2003: Best Regional Film for Konikar Ramdhenu
* 2003: National Film Award for Best Children's Film for Tora
* 1999: Best Regional Film for Pokhi
* 1998: Best Regional Film for Kuhkhal
* 1995: Best Director for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door
* 1995: Best Regional Film for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door
* 1992: Second Best Feature Film for Firingoti
* 1990: Best film on Environment for Bonani
* 1987: Best Film for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
* 1983: Best Regional Film for Aparoopa

### Chicago International Film Festival[edit]

* 2005: Getz World Peace Prize for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

### Brussels International Independent Film Festival[edit]

* 1996: Best Director for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

### Fukuoka International Film Festival[edit]

* 2006 Kodak Vision Award for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

### Fribourg International Film Festival[edit]

* 1996: Audience Award for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door
* 1996: Award of the Pestalozzi Children's Village Foundation for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

### Locarno International Film Festival[edit]

* 1988: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
* 1988: Silver Leopard for Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai

### Singapore International Film Festival[edit]

* 1996: International Fipresci Award for Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door

### Mumbai International Film Festival[edit]

* 2005: International Fipresci Award for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

### Sarhad (NGO)[edit]

* 2012: 1st Bhupen Hazarika National award[11]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 55\. ISBN 978-1135943189 - via GoogleBooks.
2. ^ "An Eternal Optimist". The Pioneer. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
3. ^ "Shooting ends for Bhoga Khidikee, Lunchbox producer's debut Assamese film – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
4. ^ "Jahnu Baruas film to take Assam to global audience". India Today. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
5. ^ "Jailed Akhil Gogoi's KMSS Launches New Party Ahead Of Assam Polls Next Year". NDTV. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
6. ^ "AIUDF meet approves alliance with Cong". The Assam Tribune. Retrieved 12 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
7. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
8. ^ "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
9. ^ "National Awards for five northeast films". The Times of India. Guwahati. TNN. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
10. ^ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
11. ^ Jahnu Barua conferred 1st Bhupen Hazarika Award, Business Standard

## External links[edit]

* Jahnu Barua at IMDb
* Jahnu Barua at AllMovie
* Jahnu Barua at ČSFD [cs]
* Jahnu Barua at Kinopoisk
* rediff.com interview
* Gandhism is Serious Business

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Recipients of Padma Shri in Art

1950s|

* Omkarnath Thakur (1955)
* Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956)
* Sudhir Khastgir (1957)
* Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957)
* Debaki Bose (1958)
* Shambhu Maharaj (1958)
* Nargis (1958)
* Satyajit Ray (1958)
* Devika Rani (1958)

1960s|

* K. K. Hebbar (1961)
* Bismillah Khan (1961)
* Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961)
* Ashok Kumar (1962)
* Mehboob Khan (1963)
* Melville de Mellow (1963)
* Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964)
* Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964)
* P. C. Sorcar (1964)
* Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965)
* V. Nagayya (1965)
* Ravishankar Raval (1965)
* Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965)
* Sivaji Ganesan (1966)
* M. F. Husain (1966)
* Sumitra Charat Ram (1966)
* P. Bhanumathi (1966)
* Daji Bhatawadekar (1967)
* Vasant Desai (1967)
* Siddheshwari Devi (1967)
* Mohammed Rafi (1967)
* Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967)
* Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967)
* M. R. Acharekar (1968)
* Begum Akhtar (1968)
* Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968)
* Nikhil Banerjee (1968)
* Sunil Dutt (1968)
* Durga Khote (1968)
* Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968)
* Shankar–Jaikishan (1968)
* Ayodhya Prasad (1968)
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968)
* N. T. Rama Rao (1968)
* Devi Lal Samar (1968)
* Vyjayanthimala (1968)
* Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969)
* David Abraham Cheulkar (1969)
* N. S. Bendre (1969)
* S. D. Burman (1969)
* B. Saroja Devi (1969)
* Indrani Rahman (1969)
* Balraj Sahni (1969)
* S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)

1970s|

* Sukumar Bose (1970)
* Prem Dhawan (1970)
* Ratna Fabri (1970)
* Gemini Ganesan (1970)
* Ritwik Ghatak (1970)
* Damayanti Joshi (1970)
* Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970)
* Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970)
* Madhaviah Krishnan (1970)
* Rajendra Kumar (1970)
* Pankaj Mullick (1970)
* Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970)
* Relangi (1970)
* Gummadi (1970)
* Vijay Raghav Rao (1970)
* V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970)
* Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970)
* K. B. Sundarambal (1970)
* Avinash Vyas (1970)
* M. Balamuralikrishna (1971)
* Sankho Chaudhuri (1971)
* Manna Dey (1971)
* Tripti Mitra (1971)
* Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971)
* Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971)
* K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971)
* Shanta Rao (1971)
* Ravi (1971)
* Sahir Ludhianvi (1971)
* Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971)
* Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972)
* Girija Devi (1972)
* Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972)
* Sunil Janah (1972)
* Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972)
* Bhimsen Joshi (1972)
* Mahendra Kapoor (1972)
* Ram Kumar (artist) (1972)
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972)
* Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972)
* Samta Prasad (1972)
* M. K. Radha (1972)
* Raghu Rai (1972)
* Krishna Reddy (1972)
* Waheeda Rehman (1972)
* Juthika Roy (1972)
* Suchitra Sen (1972)
* Gubbi Veeranna (1972)
* Sitara Devi (1973)
* T. N. Krishnan (1973)
* Kishan Maharaj (1973)
* Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973)
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973)
* Uma Sharma (1973)
* S. G. Thakur Singh (1973)
* Kaifi Azmi (1974)
* Pushkar Bhan (1974)
* Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974)
* Bindhyabasini Devi (1974)
* Naina Devi (1974)
* Girish Karnad (1974)
* Shriram Lagoo (1974)
* Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974)
* Nutan (1974)
* M. D. Ramanathan (1974)
* Som Nath Sadhu (1974)
* Emani Sankara Sastry (1974)
* Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974)
* Manik Varma (1974)
* M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975)
* Jasraj (1975)
* Amjad Ali Khan (1975)
* Gopi Krishna (1975)
* Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975)
* Basavaraj Rajguru (1975)
* Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975)
* M. S. Sathyu (1975)
* K. G. Subramanyan (1975)
* Gitchandra Tongbra (1975)
* K. J. Yesudas (1975)
* Shyam Benegal (1976)
* Raghunath Mohapatra (1976)
* Ram Narayan (1976)
* K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976)
* R. Nagendra Rao (1976)
* S. Somasundaram (1976)
* Parveen Sultana (1976)
* Dhanraj Bhagat (1977)
* Bhupen Hazarika (1977)
* Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977)
* Alla Rakha (1977)
* Jehangir Sabavala (1977)
* Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)

1980s|

* B. V. Karanth (1981)
* Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981)
* Gambhir Singh Mura (1981)
* Dashrath Patel (1981)
* S. H. Raza (1981)
* Padma Subrahmanyam (1981)
* Allah Jilai Bai (1982)
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982)
* Jabbar Patel (1982)
* Virendra Prabhakar (1982)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983)
* Nepal Mahata (1983)
* Handel Manuel (1983)
* Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983)
* Raghubir Singh (1983)
* Sobha Singh (1983)
* Habib Tanvir (1983)
* Ganga Devi (1984)
* Amitabh Bachchan (1984)
* Purushottam Das (1984)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
* Bhupen Khakhar (1984)
* Ben Kingsley (1984)
* Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984)
* Roshan Kumari (1984)
* Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984)
* N. Rajam (1984)
* Raja and Radha Reddy (1984)
* Nek Chand (1984)
* Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984)
* Shanti Dave (1985)
* Asa Singh Mastana (1985)
* Laxman Pai (1985)
* Smita Patil (1985)
* Palghat R. Raghu (1985)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1985)
* Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986)
* Kanika Banerjee (1986)
* Subrata Mitra (1986)
* Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986)
* Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986)
* K. Balachander (1987)
* Kumudini Lakhia (1987)
* Vijaya Mehta (1987)
* N. Ramani (1987)
* Aparna Sen (1987)
* Naresh Sohal (1987)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Shabana Azmi (1988)
* Teejan Bai (1988)
* Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988)
* Zakir Hussain (1988)
* Chindodi Leela (1988)
* Sudharani Raghupathy (1988)
* Sudarshan Sahoo (1988)
* Kudrat Singh (1988)
* Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Adyar K. Lakshman (1989)
* Haku Shah (1989)
* L. Subramaniam (1989)
* Ratan Thiyam (1989)
* Upendra Trivedi (1989)

1990s|

* Mohan Agashe (1990)
* G. Aravindan (1990)
* Prabha Atre (1990)
* Asgari Bai (1990)
* Gulab Bai (1990)
* Balwantrai Bhatt (1990)
* Diwaliben Bhil (1990)
* Raj Bisaria (1990)
* S. M. Ganapathy (1990)
* Kamal Haasan (1990)
* Bishamber Khanna (1990)
* Krishen Khanna (1990)
* Allu Ramalingaiah (1990)
* Tarun Majumdar (1990)
* Madhavi Mudgal (1990)
* Om Puri (1990)
* Kanak Rele (1990)
* Leela Samson (1990)
* Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990)
* Kapila Vatsyayan (1990)
* Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991)
* Bharat Gopy (1991)
* Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991)
* Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991)
* Shanno Khurana (1991)
* Pratima Barua Pandey (1991)
* Manu Parekh (1991)
* Shivkumar Sharma (1991)
* Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991)
* Sharda Sinha (1991)
* Alarmel Valli (1991)
* Jaya Bachchan (1992)
* Pankaj Charan Das (1992)
* Biren De (1992)
* Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992)
* Sabri Khan (1992)
* Sunita Kohli (1992)
* Madurai N. Krishnan (1992)
* Manoj Kumar (1992)
* Meera Mukherjee (1992)
* Asha Parekh (1992)
* Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992)
* Bhagaban Sahu (1992)
* Anandji Virji Shah (1992)
* Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji) (1992)
* Sundari K. Shridharani (1992)
* Tapan Sinha (1992)
* Muthiah Sthapati (1992)
* K. Viswanath (1992)
* Chitra Visweswaran (1992)
* Dipali Barthakur (1998)
* Mammootty (1998)
* Kunja Bihari Meher (1998)
* Krishnarao Sable (1998)
* Zohra Sehgal (1998)
* K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998)
* U. Srinivas (1998)
* Javed Akhtar (1999)
* Saryu Doshi (1999)
* Sulochana Latkar (1999)
* Sumati Mutatkar (1999)
* Shobha Deepak Singh (1999)
* Jagmohan Sursagar (1999)
* Ram V. Sutar (1999)

2000s|

* Kanhai Chitrakar (2000)
* Shekhar Kapur (2000)
* Hema Malini (2000)
* Anjolie Ela Menon (2000)
* Shubha Mudgal (2000)
* Alyque Padamsee (2000)
* A. R. Rahman (2000)
* Ramanand Sagar (2000)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001)
* Aamir Raza Husain (2001)
* Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001)
* Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001)
* Sunil Kothari (2001)
* Nerella Venu Madhav (2001)
* Mohanlal (2001)
* Shobha Naidu (2001)
* D. V. S. Raju (2001)
* Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001)
* Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001)
* Thota Tharani (2001)
* W. D. Amaradeva (2002)
* Raj Begum (2002)
* Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002)
* Pushpa Bhuyan (2002)
* Rajan Devadas (2002)
* Darshana Jhaveri (2002)
* Abdul Latif Khan (2002)
* Mani Krishnaswami (2002)
* Fazal Mohammad (2002)
* Manorama (2002)
* Govind Nihalani (2002)
* Mani Ratnam (2002)
* Kiran Segal (2002)
* Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002)
* Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002)
* T. H. Vinayakram (2002)
* Jahnu Barua (2003)
* Danny Denzongpa (2003)
* Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003)
* Rita Ganguly (2003)
* Ranjana Gauhar (2003)
* Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003)
* Rakhee Gulzar (2003)
* Nemi Chandra Jain (2003)
* O. P. Jain (2003)
* Aamir Khan (2003)
* Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003)
* T. M. Soundararajan (2003)
* Sukumari (2003)
* Satish Vyas (2003)
* Bharathiraja (2004)
* Maguni Charan Das (2004)
* Manoranjan Das (2004)
* D. K. Datar (2004)
* Kadri Gopalnath (2004)
* Hariharan (singer) (2004)
* Purshottam Das Jalota (2004)
* Krishn Kanhai (2004)
* Heisnam Kanhailal (2004)
* Anupam Kher (2004)
* Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004)
* Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004)
* Sudha Ragunathan (2004)
* Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004)
* Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004)
* Bharati Shivaji (2004)
* Singh Bandhu (2004)
* Bhajan Sopori (2004)
* Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004)
* Muzaffar Ali (2005)
* Shameem Dev Azad (2005)
* M. Boyer (2005)
* K. S. Chithra (2005)
* Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005)
* Shah Rukh Khan (2005)
* Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005)
* Kavita Krishnamurti (2005)
* Chaturbhuj Meher (2005)
* Kumkum Mohanty (2005)
* Punaram Nishad (2005)
* Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005)
* Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005)
* Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005)
* Komala Varadan (2005)
* Wadali Brothers (2005)
* Ileana Citaristi (2006)
* Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006)
* Shree Lal Joshi (2006)
* Surinder Kaur (2006)
* Rashid Khan (musician) (2006)
* Vasundhara Komkali (2006)
* Yashodhar Mathpal (2006)
* Madhup Mudgal (2006)
* Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006)
* Shyama Charan Pati (2006)
* Gayatri Sankaran (2006)
* Prasad Sawkar (2006)
* Aribam Syam Sharma (2006)
* Shobana (2006)
* Kanaka Srinivasan (2006)
* Pankaj Udhas (2006)
* Mohan Babu (2007)
* Geeta Chandran (2007)
* Astad Deboo (2007)
* Neelamani Devi (2007)
* Remo Fernandes (2007)
* P. Gopinathan (2007)
* Pushpa Hans (2007)
* Shanti Hiranand (2007)
* Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007)
* Govardhan Kumari (2007)
* Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007)
* Balachandra Menon (2007)
* Shashikala (2007)
* Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007)
* Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007)
* Pannuru Sripathy (2007)
* Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007)
* Waman Thakre (2007)
* P. R. Thilagam (2007)
* Tom Alter (2008)
* Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008)
* Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008)
* Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008)
* Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008)
* Kekoo Gandhy (2008)
* Helen Giri Syiem (2008)
* Jatin Goswami (2008)
* Hans Raj Hans (2008)
* Sabitri Heisnam (2008)
* Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008)
* P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008)
* Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008)
* Gangadhar Pradhan (2008)
* M. Night Shyamalan (2008)
* Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008)
* Jawahar Wattal (2008)
* Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009)
* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009)
* Hemi Bawa (2009)
* Brahmanandam (2009)
* Devayani (dancer) (2009)
* Suresh Dutta (2009)
* Kalamandalam Gopi (2009)
* Niranjan Goswami (2009)
* Geeta Kapur (2009)
* Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009)
* Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009)
* Helen (2009)
* S. Krishnaswamy (2009)
* Akshay Kumar (2009)
* Iravatham Mahadevan (2009)
* Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009)
* Penaz Masani (2009)
* Shaoli Mitra (2009)
* Udit Narayan (2009)
* Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009)
* Leela Omchery (2009)
* Pratapaditya Pal (2009)
* Aruna Sairam (2009)
* Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009)
* Kumar Sanu (2009)
* Kiran Seth (2009)
* Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009)
* Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009)
* Thilakan (2009)
* K. P. Udayabhanu (2009)
* Vivek (actor) (2009)

2010s|

* Gul Bardhan (2010)
* Carmel Berkson (2010)
* Wasifuddin Dagar (2010)
* Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010)
* Nemai Ghosh (2010)
* Sumitra Guha (2010)
* Ulhas Kashalkar (2010)
* Saif Ali Khan (2010)
* Mukund Lath (2010)
* Ram Dayal Munda (2010)
* Arundathi Nag (2010)
* Raghunath Panigrahi (2010)
* Resul Pookutty (2010)
* Arjun Prajapati (2010)
* Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010)
* Shobha Raju (2010)
* Mayadhar Raut (2010)
* Rekha (2010)
* Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011)
* Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011)
* Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011)
* Mahasundari Devi (2011)
* Gajam Govardhana (2011)
* Sunayana Hazarilal (2011)
* S. R. Janakiraman (2011)
* Jayaram (2011)
* Kajol (2011)
* Shaji N. Karun (2011)
* Girish Kasaravalli (2011)
* Irrfan Khan (2011)
* Tabu (2011)
* Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011)
* Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011)
* Jivya Soma Mashe (2011)
* Dadi Pudumjee (2011)
* M. K. Saroja (2011)
* Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011)
* Prahlad Tipanya (2011)
* Usha Uthup (2011)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Vanraj Bhatia (2012)
* Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012)
* Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012)
* Gundecha Brothers (2012)
* Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012)
* Anup Jalota (2012)
* Moti Lal Kemmu (2012)
* Shahid Parvez (2012)
* Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012)
* Sakar Khan (2012)
* Joy Michael (2012)
* Minati Mishra (2012)
* Na Muthuswamy (2012)
* R. Nagarathnamma (2012)
* Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Vijay Sharma (2012)
* Laila Tyabji (2012)
* Yamunabai Waikar (2012)
* S. Shakir Ali (2013)
* Gajam Anjaiah (2013)
* Bapu (2013)
* Pablo Bartholomew (2013)
* Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013)
* G. C. D. Bharti (2013)
* Apurba Kishore Bir (2013)
* Ghanakanta Bora (2013)
* B. Jayashree (2013)
* Hildamit Lepcha (2013)
* Madhu (actor) (2013)
* Sudha Malhotra (2013)
* Kailash Chandra Meher (2013)
* Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013)
* Nana Patekar (2013)
* Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013)
* Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013)
* Jaymala Shiledar (2013)
* Ramesh Sippy (2013)
* Sridevi (2013)
* Suresh Talwalkar (2013)
* Mahrukh Tarapor (2013)
* Balwant Thakur (2013)
* Rajendra Tiku (2013)
* Mohammad Ali Baig (2014)
* Vidya Balan (2014)
* Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014)
* Sabitri Chatterjee (2014)
* Biman Bihari Das (2014)
* Sunil Das (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Rani Karnaa (2014)
* Bansi Kaul (2014)
* Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014)
* Geeta Mahalik (2014)
* Paresh Maity (2014)
* Ram Mohan (2014)
* Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014)
* Paresh Rawal (2014)
* Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014)
* Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014)
* Santosh Sivan (2014)
* Sooni Taraporevala (2014)
* Naresh Bedi (2015)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015)
* Rahul Jain (2015)
* Ravindra Jain (2015)
* Prasoon Joshi (2015)
* A. Kanyakumari (2015)
* Prafulla Kar (2015)
* Tripti Mukherjee (2015)
* Neil Nongkynrih (2015)
* Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015)
* Shekhar Sen (2015)
* Pran Kumar Sharma (2015)
* Mahesh Raj Soni (2015)
* Malini Awasthi (2016)
* Madhur Bhandarkar (2016)
* Tulsidas Borkar (2016)
* Mamta Chandrakar (2016)
* Priyanka Chopra (2016)
* Ajay Devgn (2016)
* Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016)
* Laxma Goud (2016)
* Saeed Jaffrey (2016)
* Venkatesh Kumar (2016)
* Naresh Chander Lal (2016)
* Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016)
* Nila Madhab Panda (2016)
* Michael Postel (2016)
* Pratibha Prahlad (2016)
* Gulabo Sapera (2016)
* Prakash Chand Surana (2016)
* Basanti Bisht (2017)
* Baua Devi (2017)
* Jitendra Haripal (2017)
* Kailash Kher (2017)
* Sadhu Meher (2017)
* Aruna Mohanty (2017)
* T. K. Murthy (2017)
* Mukund Nayak (2017)
* Anuradha Paudwal (2017)
* Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017)
* Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017)
* Doddarangegowda (2018)
* Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018)
* Pran Kishore Kaul (2018)
* Vijay Kichlu (2018)
* Prabhakar Maharana (2018)
* Sisir Mishra (2018)
* Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018)
* Gobardhan Panika (2018)
* R. Sathyanarayana (2018)
* Bhajju Shyam (2018)
* Ibrahim Sutar (2018)
* Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018)
* Baba Yogendra (2018)
* Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019)
* Manoj Bajpayee (2019)
* Pritam Bhartwan (2019)
* Jyoti Bhatt (2019)
* Swapan Chaudhuri (2019)
* Dinyar Contractor (2019)
* Thanga Darlong (2019)
* Prabhu Deva (2019)
* Godawari Dutta (2019)
* Joravarsinh Jadav (2019)
* Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019)
* K. G. Jayan (2019)
* Waman Kendre (2019)
* Kader Khan (2019)
* Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019)
* Shankar Mahadevan (2019)
* Narthaki Nataraj (2019)
* Milena Salvini (2019)
* Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019)
* Rajeev Taranath (2019)
* Hiralal Yadav (2019)
* Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)

2020s|

* Shashadhar Acharya (2020)
* Indira P. P. Bora (2020)
* Bombay Sisters (2020)
* Vajira Chitrasena (2020)
* Puru Dadheech (2020)
* Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020)
* Sarita Joshi (2020)
* Kangana Ranaut (2020)
* Ramzan Khan (2020)
* Manilal Nag (2020)
* Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020)
* Adnan Sami (2020)
* Suresh Wadkar (2020)
* V. K. Munusamy (2020)
* Yadla Gopalarao (2020)
* Dulari Devi (2021)
* Bombay Jayashri (2021)
* KC Sivasankaran (2021)
* Rewben Mashangva (2021)
* Sanjida Khatun (2021)
* Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021)
* Nidumolu Sumathi (2021)
* Biren Kumar Basak (2021)
* Narayan Debnath (2021)
* Bhuri Bai (2021)
* Manjamma Jogathi (2021)
* Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022)
* Lalita Vakil (2022)
* H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022)
* Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022)
* Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022)
* Ram Sahay Panday (2022)
* Durga Bai Vyam (2022)
* Sulochana Chavan (2022)
* Sonu Nigam (2022)
* Lourembam Bino Devi (2022)
* Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022)
* Shyamamani Devi (2022)
* Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022)
* Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022)
* Ram Dayal Sharma (2022)
* Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022)
* S. Ballesh (2022)
* Sowcar Janaki (2022)
* R Muthukannammal (2022)
* A. K. C. Natarajan (2022)
* Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022)
* Sakini Ramachandraih (2022)
* Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022)
* Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022)
* Shivnath Mishra (2022)
* Sheesh Ram (2022)
* Ajita Srivastava (2022)
* Madhuri Barthwal (2022)
* Kaajee Singh (2022)
* Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023)
* Premjit Baria (2023)
* Usha Barle (2023)
* Hemant Chauhan (2023)
* Bhanubhai Chitara (2023)
* Hemoprova Chutia (2023)
* Subhadra Devi (2023)
* Hem Chandra Goswami (2023)
* Pritikana Goswami (2023)
* Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023)
* Dilshad Hussain (2023)
* Mahipat Kavi (2023)
* M. M. Keeravani (2023)
* Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023)
* Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023)
* Domar Singh Kunvar (2023)
* Risingbor Kurkalang (2023)
* Rani Machaiah (2023)
* Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023)
* Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023)
* Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023)
* Krishna Patel (2023)
* K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023)
* Kapil Dev Prasad (2023)
* Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023)
* C. V. Raju (2023)
* Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023)
* Mangala Kanti Roy (2023)
* K C Runremsangi (2023)
* Ritwik Sanyal (2023)
* Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023)
* Neihunuo Sorhie (2023)
* Moa Subong (2023)
* Raveena Tandon (2023)
* Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023)
* Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023)

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Jahnu Barua's Filmography

Released movies|

* Aparoopa (1982)
* Papori (1986)
* Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987)
* Bonani (1990)
* Firingoti (1992)
* Xagoroloi Bohu Door (1995)
* Kuhkhal (1998)
* Pokhi (2000)
* Konikar Ramdhenu (2003)
* Tora (2004)
* Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005)
* Mumbai Cutting (Anjane Dost segment) (2010)
* Baandhon (2012)
* Ajeyo (2014)
* Bhoga Khirikee (2018)
* Unread Pages (2018)

Unreleased movies|

* Har Pal
* Homing Pigeons
* Butterfly Chess
* Copper Ring
* Hindol

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Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)

2010|

* Satya Paul Agarwal
* Mohammad Amin
* Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay
* M. S. Banga
* Anil Bordia
* Bipan Chandra
* B. K. Chaturvedi
* Sant Singh Chatwal
* G. P. Chopra
* Tan Chung
* Madhusudan Dhaky
* P. R. Dubhashi
* Puttaraj Gawai
* Belle Monappa Hegde
* Ilaiyaraaja
* Jagdish Chandra Kapur
* Shrinivas Khale
* Aamir Khan
* Sultan Khan
* Ram Kumar
* Kumudini Lakhia
* Kuzhur Narayana Marar
* Chhannulal Mishra
* Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss
* C. P. Krishnan Nair
* S. P. Oswal
* Akbar Padamsee
* Ramakanta Panda
* Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
* Arogyaswami Paulraj
* A. R. Rahman
* Moosa Raza
* Mallika Sarabhai
* Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
* Abhijit Sen
* Satya Vrat Shastri
* Noshir M. Shroff
* Kushal Pal Singh
* Bikash Sinha
* Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
* Narayanan Vaghul
* P. K. Warrier
* Fareed Zakaria

2011|

* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
* Rajashree Birla
* M. N. Buch
* C. V. Chandrasekhar
* Ajai Chowdhry
* Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
* Satyadev Dubey
* T. J. S. George
* Shankha Ghosh
* Kris Gopalakrishnan
* Keki Byramjee Grant
* Shashi Kapoor
* Krishen Khanna
* Khayyam
* Chanda Kochhar
* Dwijen Mukhopadhyay
* Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
* Ramdas Pai
* Dashrath Patel
* Rajendra Singh Pawar
* Suryanarayanan Ramachandran
* Shobhana Ranade
* Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy
* Kallam Anji Reddy
* Waheeda Rehman
* Shyam Saran
* Analjit Singh
* Arpita Singh
* Surendra Singh
* R. K. Srikantan
* Raghavan Thirumulpad

2012|

* Suresh H. Advani
* Shabana Azmi
* Homi K. Bhabha
* Shashikumar Chitre
* Khaled Choudhury
* Jatin Das
* Vidya Dehejia
* Dharmendra
* S. N. Goenka
* M. S. Gopalakrishnan
* T. V. Gopalakrishnan
* Buddhadev Das Gupta
* Sunil Janah
* Anish Kapoor
* S. B. Mujumdar
* B. Muthuraman
* Mira Nair
* Arvind Panagariya
* José Pereira
* Mata Prasad
* M. S. Raghunathan
* P. Chandrasekhara Rao
* Ronen Sen
* Devi Shetty
* M. V. Subbiah
* N. Vittal
* N. H. Wadia
* George Yeo

2013|

* Satya N. Atluri
* Maharaj Kishan Bhan
* Jaspal Bhatti
* Rahul Dravid
* Adi Godrej
* Abdul Rashid Khan
* Rajesh Khanna
* Mary Kom
* Nandkishore Shamrao Laud
* Mangesh Padgaonkar
* Hemendra Singh Panwar
* Jogesh Pati
* Shivajirao Girdhar Patil
* A. Sivathanu Pillai
* D. Ramanaidu
* Kanak Rele
* V. K. Saraswat
* Ashoke Sen
* Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
* B. N. Suresh
* Sharmila Tagore
* Ramamurthy Thyagarajan
* Saroja Vaidyanathan

2014|

* Anisuzzaman
* Mrityunjay Athreya
* Padmanabhan Balaram
* Dalveer Bhandari
* Ruskin Bond
* Anita Desai
* Pullela Gopichand
* Kamal Haasan
* Jyeshtharaj Joshi
* V. N. Kaul
* Neelam Kler
* M. Mahadevappa
* Leander Paes
* K. Radhakrishnan
* Anumolu Ramakrishna
* Thirumalachari Ramasami
* Lloyd Rudolph
* Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
* Vinod Prakash Sharma
* Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
* Parveen Sultana
* Dhirubhai Thaker
* Vairamuthu
* J. S. Verma
* T. H. Vinayakram

2015|

* Jahnu Barua
* Manjul Bhargava
* Vijay P. Bhatkar
* Swapan Dasgupta
* David Frawley
* Bill Gates
* Melinda French Gates
* Swami Satyamitranand
* N. Gopalaswami
* Subhash C. Kashyap
* Gokulotsavji Maharaj
* Saichiro Misumi
* Ambrish Mithal
* Sudha Ragunathan
* Harish Salve
* Ashok Seth
* Rajat Sharma
* Satpal Singh
* Shivakumara Swami
* Khadg Singh Valdiya

2016|

* Ravindra Chandra Bhargava
* Robert D. Blackwill
* Hafeez Contractor
* Indu Jain
* Heisnam Kanhailal
* Anupam Kher
* Sania Mirza
* Pallonji Mistry
* Udit Narayan
* Saina Nehwal
* Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
* Vinod Rai
* N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya
* A. V. Rama Rao
* D. Nageshwara Reddy
* Dayananda Saraswati
* Barjinder Singh Hamdard
* Ram V. Sutar
* Tejomayananda

2017|

* Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
* Deviprasad Dwivedi
* Ratnasundarsuri
* Niranjanananda Saraswati
* Cho Ramaswamy
* Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
* Tehemton Erach Udwadia

2018|

* Pankaj Advani
* Philipose Mar Chrysostom
* Mahendra Singh Dhoni
* Alexander Kadakin
* Ramachandran Nagaswamy
* Laxman Pai
* Arvind Parikh
* Sharda Sinha

2019|

* John T. Chambers
* Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
* Pravin Gordhan
* Dharampal Gulati
* Darshan Lal Jain
* Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade
* Kariya Munda
* Budhaditya Mukherjee
* Mohanlal
* Nambi Narayanan
* Kuldip Nayar
* Bachendri Pal
* V. K. Shunglu
* Hukmdev Narayan Yadav

# Posthumous conferral

* 1954–1959
* 1960–1969
* 1970–1979
* 1980–1989
* 1990–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020–2029

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National Film Award for Best Direction

1967–1980|

* Satyajit Ray (1967)
* Satyajit Ray (1968)
* Mrinal Sen (1969)
* Satyajit Ray (1970)
* Girish Karnad and B. V. Karanth (1971)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1972)
* Mani Kaul (1973)
* Satyajit Ray (1974)
* Satyajit Ray (1975)
* P. Lankesh (1976)
* G. Aravindan (1977)
* G. Aravindan (1978)
* Mrinal Sen (1979)
* Mrinal Sen (1980)

1981–2000|

* Aparna Sen (1981)
* Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1982)
* Mrinal Sen (1983)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
* Shyam Benegal (1985)
* G. Aravindan (1986)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1987)
* Shaji N. Karun (1988)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1989)
* Tapan Sinha (1990)
* Satyajit Ray (1991)
* Goutam Ghose (1992)
* T. V. Chandran (1993)
* Jahnu Barua (1994)
* Saeed Akhtar Mirza (1995)
* Agathiyan (1996)
* Jayaraj (1997)
* Rajeevnath (1998)
* Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1999)
* Rituparno Ghosh (2000)

2001–2020|

* B. Lenin (2001)
* Aparna Sen (2002)
* Goutam Ghose (2003)
* Buddhadeb Dasgupta (2004)
* Rahul Dholakia (2005)
* Madhur Bhandarkar (2006)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2007)
* Bala (2008)
* Rituparno Ghosh (2009)
* Vetrimaaran (2010)
* Gurvinder Singh (2011)
* Shivaji Lotan Patil (2012)
* Hansal Mehta (2013)
* Srijit Mukherji (2014)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015)
* Rajesh Mapuskar (2016)
* Jayaraj (2017)
* Aditya Dhar (2018)
* Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan (2019)
* Sachy (2020)

2021–present|

* Nikhil Mahajan (2021)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

Other|

* SNAC

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