Dara Ahmed

Dara Ahmed (10 June 1946 - 24 May 2021) was an Assamese film director who also made documentaries, television serials and telefilms. Born in Nazira, he was the son of a doctor, and his sister Eli Ahmed is a Padma Shri winning writer.

He began in 1969 as an assistant director on Brajen Baruah's Dr. Bezbarua and worked on around twenty films in that role. In 1984 he co-directed Devi with Shambhu Gupta, and from 1985 he directed on his own: Pooja (1985), Madhuchanda (1986), Pratidan (1987), Bordoisila (1989), Dhruvatara (1990), Jakhini (1991), Rickshawala (1993), Urvashi (1995) and Debota (1998). Pratidan and Rickshawala are the titles listed in our database.

He also made many documentaries and television serials, wrote regularly for the newspaper Sadin, served on the managing committee of Jyoti Chitraban and sat on state film award juries. His honours include lifetime achievement awards such as the Jibonram Mungideoi memorial award and the Enajori award, and the Bhaben Baruah award in 2019. He died in Guwahati of a heart ailment.