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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ajan Faquir Saheb<br />
| image = ajan_faquir_saheb.jpg<br />
| caption = A Screenshot<br />
| director = Asif Iqbal Hussain<br />
| producer = Bani Kalita<br /> Prabin Lahkar (Executive)<br />
| writer = Prabhat Goswami<br />
| starring = [[Bishnu Kharghoria]]<br />Prithwiraj Rabha<br />Arun Nath<br />[[Moloya Goswami]]<br />
| music = Dwijen Konwar<br />Hafiza Begum Choudhury<br />Tulika Lahkar<br />
| cinematography = Paresh Baruah<br />
| distributor = Samannay Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2008|4|25}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Assamese<br />
}}<br />
'''''Ajan Faquir Saheb''''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese]]: '''আজান ফকীৰ চাহেব''') is an [[Assamese language]] [[biographical film]] produced by Bani Kalita and directed by Asif Iqbal Hussain. The film was released on 25 April 2008. The film is based on the life of [[Ajan Fakir]], the Sufi saint and poet who came to [[Assam]] from [[Baghdad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radianceweekly.com/112/2216/TERRORISM-Why-the-Cursor-Moves-towards-Muslims-Only/2008-06-15/Northeast-Newsletter/Story-Detail/An-Assamese-Film-on-the-Life-of-Azan-Fakir.html|title=An Assamese Film on the Life of Azan Fakir|last=Ahmed|first=Dr Syed|publisher=Radiance|accessdate=20 January 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113062514/http://www.radianceweekly.com/112/2216/TERRORISM-Why-the-Cursor-Moves-towards-Muslims-Only/2008-06-15/Northeast-Newsletter/Story-Detail/An-Assamese-Film-on-the-Life-of-Azan-Fakir.html|archivedate=13 January 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080509/jsp/northeast/story_9240992.jsp|title=An ode to a preacher|date=9 May 2008|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=20 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtimes.org/social/entertainment/296.html |title=New Assamese Film, "Ajan Fakir Saheb" to be released shortly |last=Das |first=Arun Lochan |date=4 August 2007 |work=Assam Times |accessdate=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022221642/http://www.assamtimes.org/social/entertainment/296.html |archivedate=22 October 2009 }}</ref><br />
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==Trivia==<br />
Both [[Bishnu Kharghoria]] and Jayanta Bhagawati had to learn things like offering ''[[namaj]]'' besides learning some words of Urdu and Arabic to play the characters effectively.<ref name="ab" /><br />
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==Casts & Characters==<br />
*[[Bishnu Kharghoria]] as Azan Fakir,<br />
*Prithviraj Rabha as Nabi Pir<br />
*Jayanta Bhagawati as Moulabi<br />
*Arun Nath as [[Gadadhar Singha]], the Ahom king<br />
*[[Moloya Goswami]] as Jaymati Kunwari, the queen<br />
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==Awards==<br />
Awards received by the film are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/apr2409/rv.html |title=Roving Eye |last=Das |first=Apurba Kumar |accessdate=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427164913/http://www.assamtribune.com/apr2409/rv.html |archivedate=27 April 2009 }}</ref><br />
*Chitralekha Award of the United TV and Filmmakers Association for Best Assamese Film of 2008<br />
*Best director – Asif Iqbal<br />
*Best music director – Dwijen Konwar<br />
*Best screenplay writer – Prabhat Goswami<br />
*Best supporting actress – Malaya Goswami.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jollywood]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.assamtimes.org/index.php?news=296 "New Assamese Film, ''Ajan Fakir Saheb''‚ to be released shortly" ''Assam Times'', 4 August 2007.]<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2008 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Assam]]<br />
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