Suprabha Devi

Suprabha Devi (24 December 1938 - 14 June 2011) was a producer and the first woman film director from Assam. Born in the oil town of Digboi, she entered the film industry after marrying Dwijendra Narayan Deb, and worked with him on films including Jog-Biyog (1970), Taramai (1972), Marami (1976) and Rangdhali (1979).

She became the first Assamese woman director with Nayanmoni (1984), which earned her the Shilpi Diwas Award in 1985. In 1986 she directed Sarvajan, based on a story by Lakshminath Bezbaroa, with Hiren Choudhury of Tezpur as co-director. She was also a lyricist and made documentaries and television series for Guwahati Doordarshan, including Jilikaba Luitor Paar in 2003.

After five years of kidney illness she died in Guwahati in 2011, aged 73.