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Gauhati Cine Club | |
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| Founded | 26 April 1965 |
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| Headquarters | Ashiana (1st Floor) Sarbodaya path (Opp. Rajiv Bhawan) G.S. Road, Bhangagarh Guwahati-5 |
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Key people | Dr Bhupen Hazarika |
| Website | Gauhati Cine Club |
Gauhati Cine Club is a registered film society of Assam. It was founded by Dr Bhupen Hazarika on 26 April 1965, along with a handful of film lovers, critics, and writers.[1][2] It was formed three years after the formation of the first film society of North East India "The Shillong Film Society" founded by Padum Barua, Md. Sadullah and some of film enthusiasts.[1] The main objective of the society is to create awareness in the society about cinema as a serious art and to form an environment for serious discourse and debate in the cinematic and intellectual world. Since its inception, the society has been organizing Film Appreciation Courses with experts from the field, publishing books on film and holding workshops on film craft.[1][3] It is registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. The current advisers of the club is Harekrishna Deka and Bhuban Chandra Lahkar and the president is A. K. Absar Hazaika.[1]
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