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{{Infobox film
| name = Hiya Diya Niya
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| director = [[Munin Barua]]
| producer = [[Merry Laskar]] (Pooja Motion Pictures)
| writer =
| screenplay = Munin Barua
| narrator =
| starring = [[Jatin Bora]] Luna Lahkar [[Ravi Sarma]] Geetawali Rajkumari
| music = [[Zubeen Garg]]
| cinematography = Mrinal Kanti Das
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2000|02|25|df=yes}}
| runtime = 165 min
| country = India
| language = Assamese
| budget = 10 lakhs
| gross = 1.1 crore
}}

'''''Hiya Diya Niya''''' is a 2000 Indian [[Assamese language|Assamese]] [[romantic drama]] movie directed by [[Munin Barua]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Suparno |date=2018-04-08 |title=National award-winning Assamese director Munin Barua passes away |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/national-award-winning-assamese-director-munin-barua-passes-away-766098 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=www.ibtimes.co.in }}</ref> and produced under Pooja Motion Pictures. The music was composed by [[Zubeen Garg]]. It was released on 25 February 2000. This film marked Assamese's first film to be shot outside India.

''Hiya Diya Niya'' by Munin Barua was a blockbuster that became almost every household's choice to watch on the big screen and gave a fresh wave to revive the [[Assamese film industry]] with its commercial success.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Barman Deka |first=Violet |date=2021 |title=The world of Assamese celluloid: 'yesterday and today' |url=http://cinej.pitt.edu |journal=Cinema Journal |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=411}}</ref><ref name="NL">{{cite web|url=http://www.nelive.in/assam/entertainment/acclaimed-films-munin-barua|title=Acclaimed Films of Munin Barua |date=11 September 2016|publisher=[[North East Live|NELive]]|accessdate=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918181702/http://www.nelive.in/assam/entertainment/acclaimed-films-munin-barua|archive-date=18 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/life/romancing-the-silver-screen-638458| title=Romancing the Silver Screen| publisher=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|The Sentinel]] | date=21 February 2023| accessdate=18 July 2023}}</ref> It became the highest grossing Assamese film of 2000 and is currently the [[Assamese cinema#List of highest-grossing Assamese films|14th highest grossing Assamese film]].

==Synopsis==
A rich family searches for a husband for their daughter. The father wants his daughter to marry his friend's son who lives in a village, but the mother and daughter prefer an NRI boy.

==Cast==
*[[Jatin Bora]] as Dipu/Dulal
*Luna Lahkar as Momi
*[[Ravi Sarma]] as Abinash
*Geetawali Rajkumari as Sunita
*Pranjal Saikia as Niren
*Mridula Baruah as Runu
*Hiranya Das as Sunny
*[[Chetana Das]]
*[[Nipon Goswami]]
*Rina Bora
*Jayanta Bhagawati

== Production ==
The cinematography was the work of Mrinal Kanti Das.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Dipankar |date=2016-04-30 |title=The untold story of maverick cinematographer Mrinal Kanti Das |url=https://scroll.in/reel/807404/the-untold-story-of-maverick-cinematographer-mrinal-kanti-das |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Scroll.in }}</ref> (not to be confused with the Bengali [[Mrinal Kanti Das|politician of the same name]]) The film production started on 7 September 1999 and wrapped up on 14 October 1999.

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Hiya Diya Niya
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Zubeen Garg]]
| cover =
| border = yes
| alt = Hiya Diya Niya Audio CD cover
| released = October 1999 {{small|(Audio Cassette)}} January 2000 {{small|(Audio CD)}}
| recorded = 1999
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 35:28 {{small|(Audio Cassette)}} 41:29 {{small|(Audio CD)}}
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| label = Pooja Motion Pictures NK Production Vee Gee Audio (Wave Music) Music Makers [[Venus Records & Tapes|Venus]] JG Cassette RDC Media Pvt. Ltd
| producer = Merry Laskar
| prev_title = '''[[Tumi Mur Mathu Mur]]'''
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = '''Morome Morom Jaane'''
| next_year = 2000
}}

The music of ''Hiya Diya Niya'' was composed by [[Zubeen Garg]]. It was his first film as a music director along with his other movie [[Tumi Mur Mathu Mur]]. The soundtrack was released in October 1999 on Audio Cassette format and in January 2000 on Audio CD format. Lyrics were written by [[Hemanta Dutta]], [[Diganta Bharati]] and Jimoni Choudhury. The singers who lent their voices in this film are Zubeen Garg, [[Queen Hazarika]], Malobika Bora, [[Tarali Sarma]], Shanta Uzir, [[Chetana Das]], [[Hiranya Deka]], Diganta Bharati <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/life/diganta-bharati-a-musical-sojourn-623532|title=Diganta Bharati: A musical sojourn|work=The Sentinel|date=15 November 2022|access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref> and Debojit Choudhury. The album contains 8 total tracks on Audio Cassette and 9 total tracks (8 main tracks + 1 hidden track) on Audio CD. All the songs were very much popular among the masses.

{{track listing
| headline = Tracklist
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Nohole Porisoi
| note1 = Male
| extra1 = [[Zubeen Garg]]
| lyrics1 = [[Hemanta Dutta]]
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Buku Bhora
| extra2 = Malobika Bora
| lyrics2 = [[Jimoni Choudhury]]
| length2 = 4:00
| title3 = Moloyar Dupakhit
| extra3 = [[Tarali Sarma]], [[Zubeen Garg]]
| lyrics3 = Diganta Bharati
| length3 = 5:38
| title4 = Kothati Bujilu
| extra4 = [[Tarali Sarma]], [[Zubeen Garg]]
| lyrics4 = Diganta Bharati
| length4 = 6:17
| title5 = Nohole Porisoi
| note5 = Female
| extra5 = Shanta Uzir
| lyrics5 = [[Hemanta Dutta]]
| length5 = 4:19
| title6 = Misate Misate
| extra6 = Zubeen Garg, Diganta Bharati, [[Chetana Das]], [[Hiranya Deka]]
| lyrics6 = Diganta Bharati
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Hiya Diya Niya - Theme
| extra7 = Zubeen Garg
| lyrics7 = [[Zubeen Garg]]
| length7 = 3:41
| title8 = Mitha Mitha
| extra8 = Zubeen Garg, Debojit Choudhury, Shanta Uzir, Malobika Bora
| lyrics8 = [[Jimoni Choudhury]]
| length8 = 4:40
| title9 = Untitled Background Score
| note9 = Hidden Track
| extra9 = [[Zubeen Garg]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Sagarika]]
| lyrics9 =
| length9 = 1:00
}}

;Notes
* After the final listed track (i.e., Track 8 or "Mitha Mitha"), there are approximately 5 minutes of silence, then the Untitled Background Score (Hidden Track) appears which was sung by [[Zubeen Garg]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]] and [[Sagarika]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{IMDb title|8180726}}

[[Category:2000s Assamese-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Assam]]
[[Category:Films shot in Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Films shot in Singapore]]
[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Munin Barua]]
[[Category:2000 Indian films]]

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