| Directed by | Munin Barua
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|---|---|
| Produced by | Merry Laskar (Pooja Motion Pictures) |
| Starring | Jatin Bora Luna Lahkar Ravi Sarma Geetawali Rajkumari |
| Cinematography | Mrinal Kanti Das |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | Zubeen Garg
|
| Country | India |
| Language | Assamese |
| Budget | 10 lakhs
|
Hiya Diya Niya is a 2000 Indian Assamese romantic drama movie directed by Munin Barua[1] 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.[2][3][4] It became the highest grossing Assamese film of 2000 and is currently the 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.[5] (not to be confused with the Bengali politician of the same name) The film production started on 7 September 1999 and wrapped up on 14 October 1999.
Soundtrack
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 [6] 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.
- 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 and Sagarika.
References
- ↑ National award-winning Assamese director Munin Barua passes away, Sarkar, Suparno. www.ibtimes.co.in(2018-04-08). Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ↑ The world of Assamese celluloid: 'yesterday and today'. Cinema Journal({Template:Date).
- ↑ Acclaimed Films of Munin Barua. NELive(11 September 2016).
- ↑ Romancing the Silver Screen. The Sentinel(21 February 2023).
- ↑ The untold story of maverick cinematographer Mrinal Kanti Das, Sarkar, Dipankar. Scroll.in(2016-04-30). Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ↑ Diganta Bharati: A musical sojourn(15 November 2022). Retrieved 18 July 2023.