Bibi Devi Barbarooah

Bibi Devi Barbarooah (born 1st November, 1944) is an Assamese people|Assamese Producer, Poet, Writer, Lyricist & A.I.R. Announcer. She is the recipient of multiple prestigious awards including The National Award for Film, The Literary Award & The Certificate of Appreciation for [HIV and AIDS awareness from Stanford University amongst others. She has produced more than 35 Feature Films, Documentaries, Docu-Series , Docu-Dramas, Television Films & Television Series the most notable ones being National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film|National Award Winning Spirit of The Graceful Lineage & Blockbuster Tumi Aahibaane. She has written more than 200 songs and poems. She has written more than 15 Film ScriptsScreenplay|. She is an influential member of The Assamese Film Fraternity.
==Early Life==
===Birth (1944)===
Bibi Devi Barbarooah was born to Bodheswar Sarmah Pathak, a Businessman and Nalini Bala Devi, a Housewife on The 1st of November, 1944 in Dhekial, Assam.
===Education (1949-1965)===
Bibi first attended Dhekial Primary School for five years (1949-1954). She them attended Dhekial Higher Secondary School for seven years where she passed her Matriculation Examinations (1954-1961). She got her B.A. Degree from Debraj Roy College (1961-1965). She started writing poems and songs while completing her education.
===Work Life (1965-1999)===
Bibi worked as an assistant teacher at Dhekial Girls High School for two years (1965-1967). She then started as an Announcer at All India Radio for thirty two years (1967-1999).
===Family (1970-present)===
Bibi married Paran Barbarooah, a Producer and Ranji Trophy Criketeer (1970). She had two children. Prerana Barbarooah and Priyank Paran Barbarooah.
==Later Life==
===Films (2002-present)===
Bibi was the executive producer for the 2002 Assamese Television Series ‘Major Sahab’. She then produced the 2002 Assamese Docu Series ‘Suani Paharar Chande Chande’. She then produced the 2003 Assamese Television Film ‘Prattay’. She then produced the 2003 Assamese Documentary ‘Sankardev Netralaya’. She then produced the 2003 Assamese Docu Series ‘IIT Guwahati’. She then produced the 2003 English Documentary ‘Dances of The Northeast’. She then produced the 2003 Assamese Documentary ‘Road Communication’. She then produced the 2003 Assamese Documentary ‘PMGSY’. She then produced the 2004 Bilingual Special Programme ‘Jilmil 2005: Okomaan Hahi, Okomaan Phurti’. She then produced the 2004 Assamese Television Film ‘Ekhoni Aakaax’. She then produced the 2004 English Documentary ‘Tourism in Sikkim’. She then produced the 2004 English Documentary ‘Tourism in Assam’. She then produced the 2004 Assamese language|Assamese Documentary ‘DRDA, Golaghat’. She then produced the 2004 Assamese Documentary ‘Difficulties of The Tourism Department’. She then produced the 2005 English Docu Series ‘Forests’. She then produced the 2005 English Documentary ‘Flood Control’. She then produced the 2005 Assamese Documentary ‘Tribal Development’. She then produced the 2006 English Documentary ‘Spirit of The Graceful Lineage’ (National Award Winner). She then produced the 2006 Bilingual Documentary ‘Building Blocks of The Future’. She then produced the 2006 English Documentary ‘Assam Police Housing Corporation’. She then produced the 2006 Bilingual Documentary ‘Highways of Success’. She then produced the 2006 English Documentary ‘National Games Infrastructure’. She then produced the 2007 English Documentary ‘Echoes of Sunshine’. She then produced the 2008 English Television Series ‘Hold My Hand’. She then produced the 2008 Assamese Television Series ‘Gangasnan’. She then produced the 2009 Assamese Documentary ‘PMGSY 2’. She then produced the 2010 English Documentary ‘Pollution Control Board’. She then produced the 2010 Assamese Docu Series ‘Majuli’.She then produced the 2011 Assamese Television Series ‘Dolar Bogori’. She then produced the 2012 Assamese Docu-Drama ‘Panchayat and Rural Development’. She then produced the 2012 Assamese Docu Series ‘PHED’. She then produced the 2012 English Documentary ‘Forests’. She then produced the 2012 Assamese Docu Series ‘ASTC’. She then produced the 2013 Assamese Documentary ‘Water Resources’. She then produced the 2013 Assamese Documentary ‘PMGSY 3’. She then produced the 2013 Assamese Docu-Drama ‘Abirato Dhara’. She then produced the 2014 Assamese Docu-Drama ‘Jonaki Ali’. She then produced the 2015 Assamese Docu Drama ‘Niyor Pai Mukoli Hol’. She then produced the 2016 Assamese Documentary ‘Me-Dam-Me-Phi’. She then produced the 2017 Assamese Feature Film ‘Tumi Aahibaane’ (Blockbuster). She then produced the 2018 Bilingual Documentary ‘Sankardev Kalakshetra’.
===Women Empowerment (2014-present)===
Bibi joined E.I.W.A. (Eastern India Women’s Association) (2014) which is an influential corporation for Women Empowerment. She was then elected as the association’s President (2021) and continues making strong initiatives for women.
==Productions (2002-present)==
No.	Year	Name 	Type 	Language
1. 	2002	Major Sahab 	Television Series	Assamese
2. 	2002	Suani Paharar Chande 
Chande 	Docu Series 	Assamese
3. 	2003	Prattay 	Television Film 	Assamese
4. 	2003	Sankardev Netralaya 	Documentary 	Assamese
5. 	2003	ITT Guwahati 	Docu Series 	Assamese
7. 	2003	Dances of The Northeast 	Documentary 	English
8. 	2003	Road Communication 	Documentary 	Assamese
9. 	2003	PMGSY 	Documentary 	Assamese
10.	2004	Jilmil 2005: Okomaan 
Hahi, Okomaan Phurti	Special Programme	Bilingual
11.	2004	Ekhoni Aakaax 	Television Film 	Assamese
12.	2004	Tourism in Sikkim 	Documentary 	English
13.	2004	Tourism in Assam 	Documentary 	English
14.	2004	DRDA, Golaghat 	Documentary 	Assamese
15.	2004	Difficulties of The Tourism 
Department	Documentary 	Assamese
16.	2005	Tourism 	Docu Series 	English
17.	2005	Flood Control 	Documentary 	English
18.	2005	Tribal Development 	Documentary 	Assamese
19.	2006	Spirit of The Graceful Lineage 	Documentary 	English
20.	2006	Building Blocks of The Future 	Documentary 	Bilingual
21.	2006	Assam Police Housing Corporation	Documentary 	English
22.	2006	Highways of Success 	Documentary 	Bilingual
23.	2006	National Games Infrastructure 	Documentary 	English
24.	2007	Echoes of Sunshine 	Documentary 	English
25.	2008	Hold My Hand 	Television Series	English
26.	2008	Gangashnan 	Television Series	Assamese
27.	2009	PMGSY 2 	Documentary 	Assamese
28.	2010	Pollution Control Board 	Documentary 	English
29.	2010	Majuli 	Docu Series 	Assamese
28.	2011	Dolar Bogori 	Television Series	[Assamese
29.	2012	Panchayat and Rural Development 	Docu-Drama 	Assamese
30.	2012	PHED 	Docu Series 	Assamese
31.	2012	Forests 	Documentary 	English
32.	2012	ASTC 	Docu Series 	Assamese
33.	2013	Water Resources 	Documentary 	Assamese
34.	2013	PMGSY 3 	Documentary 	Assamese
35.	2013	Abirato Dhara 	Docu-Drama 	Assamese
36.	2014	Jonaki Ali 	Docu-Drama 	Assamese
37.	2015	Niyor Pai Mukoli Hol 	Docu-Drama 	Assamese
38.	2016	Me-Dam-Me-Phi 	Documentary 	Assamese
39.	2017	Tumi Aahibaane 	Feature Film 	Assamese
40.	2018	Sankardev Kalakshetra 	Documentary 	Bilingual
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Category:Indian people
Category:Assamese film producers
Category:Poets
Category:Writers
Category:Lyricists