Manju Borah

Manju Borah is an award-winning film director and short story writer from Guwahati, Assam. She made her directorial debut with Baibhav in 1999, which received a Special Mention from the jury at the 47th National Film Festival and earned her the Gollapudi Srinivas Award for best debut director.

Her later Assamese films include Anya Ek Jatra (2001), Akashitorar Kothare (2003), Laaz (2004), Joymoti (2006), Aai Kot Nai (2009) and Sarvagunakar Srimanta Sankardeva (2016), which she also wrote. Akashitorar Kothare won the National Award for best feature film in Assamese, and Aai Kot Nai was also recognised with a best film award. She has also made films in other languages of the region, including a Mising-language film and Bodo-language Dau Hudumni Methai, which won a National Award.

Borah has served on the juries of the Indian Panorama at IFFI 2007, the MAMI festival, the Third Eye Asian Film Festival and the 55th National Film Awards.