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actress swargajyoti barooah in joymoti -lrb- 1935 film -rrb- assam , india late shri tara prasad barooah actress swargajyoti barooah in joymoti film.jpg swargajyoti barooah
 swargajyoti barooah actress
swargajyoti barooah

swargajyoti barooah -lrb- -rrb- was one of the first film actresses of assamese cinema .
she acted as a child artist in the first assamese film `` joymati '' released in 1935 .
the film was produced and directed by the noted assamese poet jyoti prasad agarwala and starred aideu handique and acclaimed stage actor and playwright phani sarma .
the film was shot between 1933 and 1935 .
swargajyoti barooah enacted the childhood character of `` dalimi '' in the film .
she died young due to serious health problems .
she was married to tara prasad barooah of golaghat -lrb- an eminent lawyer of assam , university prize-man , gold-medalist in english from calcutta university and an alumnus of scottish church who was also one of the few tamra-patra recipient freedom fighters from assam -rrb- .
though her original surname was datta she became more identified with her married name of barooah .
