Assam LitArt Fest

Assam LitArt Fest India’s first festival celebrating literature, art and film-making together.

“Range phagu khele chaitanya banamaliDuhate phagur gundha sichanta murari”….. The holi song 🎶 of Assam. Holi for all “Ph...
25/03/2024

“Range phagu khele chaitanya banamali
Duhate phagur gundha sichanta murari”….. The holi song 🎶 of Assam. Holi for all “Phaguwah” for Assam- The festival of colours & Joy. 1 or 2 days of festival in all parts of the country; 3-5 days affair in Barpeta, Assam and we call it “Daulutsava”!

Srimanta Sankar Dev introduced Holi to Assam and Sri Mathura Das Bura Ata was the first man to celebrate Doulutsava in Barpeta. Ever since then, devotees of Lord Krishna in Barpeta celebrates it with Satriya parampara (traditional rituals) and people forget all their problems, agonies and sorrows during the “Dol Jatra” (Temple procession)

So, let us forget all our pain and surrender ourselves to the rhythm of positivity, colours and happiness! Team Assam LitArt Festival wishes you all a very vibrant Holi !

19/03/2024

Our very dear Joi Barua has been having a smashing time of late. One such smashing event was this rocking show at Tezpur University. It was electrifying, soulful and no wonder, a houseful. 🎉Huge shoutout to Joi Da for being such a blessing to us and the field of music.

89 years ago today, the   was born.✨ The glorious new era of the Assamese Film Industry emerged in a profound and specta...
10/03/2024

89 years ago today, the was born.✨ The glorious new era of the Assamese Film Industry emerged in a profound and spectacular fashion, when Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwala directed and produced 'Joymoti'; Assam's first film, India's fourth talkie and India's first film to delve into realism and political themes. The film is based on a play by the legendary Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaruah.

On this significant day, we are in awe of the tremendous impact of 'Joymoti' and the contributions of the multi-talented Jyoti Prasad Agarwala in India's cultural landscape. Happy 89th to the industry! 🎉

26/02/2024

“Future depends on what you do today” - Mahatma Gandhi

We have begun to do our bit to promote creative minds from Assam through our initiative under the banner The LitArt Foundation. An aspiring young poet from Assam Sharad Bezboruah (Sharad Kamal Bezboruah) who has re-launched his book at Assam LitArt Fest on his initiative and his book has now reached Mumbai. We at Team LitArt Fest congratulate and wish him all the very best for his future endeavors. Here's what Sham Kaushal has to say about his work and don’t forget to grab your copy… do connect with the poet himself.

Huge gratitude and thanks to Vivanta By Taj, Guwahati for their exceptional service & amazing hospitality! Their warm we...
25/02/2024

Huge gratitude and thanks to Vivanta By Taj, Guwahati for their exceptional service & amazing hospitality! Their warm welcome towards Sham Kaushal and us has made Assam LitArt Fest 2024 even more memorable.✨

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Few glimpses from the star-studded Day 1 of the first edition of  Assam LitArt Fest.✨Day 1 was graced by Keshab Mahanta ...
24/02/2024

Few glimpses from the star-studded Day 1 of the first edition of Assam LitArt Fest.✨

Day 1 was graced by Keshab Mahanta কেশৱ মহন্ত Sham Kaushal Joi Barua Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty Somnath Batabyal Manjiri Prabhu Mitra Phukan Dhruba Hazarika Sanjoy Hazarika Madhuchanda Adhikari and anchored by Udayan Duarah Udy and Niharika Kalita.

Awesome Assam

Glimpses into a few memories we all made on Day 2 of the first edition of Assam LitArt Fest connecting and getting along...
22/02/2024

Glimpses into a few memories we all made on Day 2 of the first edition of Assam LitArt Fest connecting and getting along with the biggest names in creative fields and a star-star studded community that we managed to build and pull off in the first edition.

If you weren't here, you only have a year to fomo this one out!✨

Sanjoy Hazarika

Glimpses into a few memories we all made on Day 2 of the first edition of Assam LitArt Fest connecting and getting along...
22/02/2024

Glimpses into a few memories we all made on Day 2 of the first edition of Assam LitArt Fest connecting and getting along with the biggest names in creative fields and a star-star studded community that we managed to build and pull off in the first edition.

If you weren't here, you only have a year to fomo this one out!✨

Adil Hussain Anuradha Sharma Pujari Joi Barua Kenny Basumatary Dhruba Hazarika Sanjoy Hazarika Navanita Sharma Padmapani Bora
The RJ Karan Singh Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty Sham Kaushal

The LitArt Foundation will now conduct workshops to groom actors, stunt crew and handhold authors to publish their manus...
22/02/2024

The LitArt Foundation will now conduct workshops to groom actors, stunt crew and handhold authors to publish their manuscripts & market their books through their national collaborations.

The foundation shall also promote Assam’s craft nationwide in collaboration with other NGOs of the state that are working in the field for years.



Joi Barua Adil Hussain Awesome Assam

The first edition of Assam LitArt Festival had a grand conclusion in Guwahati. The LitArt Foundation will now conduct workshops to groom actors, stunt crew and handhold authors to publish their manuscripts & market their books through their natio

20/02/2024
20/02/2024

We’re all ready for the Assam LitArt Fest today! Looking forward to all conversations 😍
Adil Hussain

20/02/2024
20/02/2024
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal sent us his congratulations and blessings on the inau...
18/02/2024

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal sent us his congratulations and blessings on the inaugural edition of the Assam LitArt Fest .

We are grateful to the Union Minister.

17/02/2024

Are you here yet? . If not, stay tuned at this space for the upcoming live folk music performance by Hirak Jyoti Sarma and his team of 6 artists.

Are you here yet?
17/02/2024

Are you here yet?

We are on cloud nine to be hosting Somnath Batabyal , author of the latest bestseller Red River as one of our Star . ✨

Somnath Batabyal is the author of two books, 'The Price You Pay', a political thriller set in Delhi, and 'Making News in India', an ethnography of newsroom practices.

He lives in London, where he teaches at the School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS).

While at SOAS, Somnath co-founded Sacred Media Cow (SMC), an online collective of media theorists who blogged their thoughts on South Asian issues and reached hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide. He won the Dhiren Bhagat Award for investigative journalism and the Chevening Young Print Journalist Award in the year 2000.

He has co-directed the well-travelled documentary 'Don’t Cut My Head Off', which has been screened at conferences and festivals in India, Turkey, Italy, Germany and the UK.

Catch the live session with the bestselling author only at Assam LitArt Fest to be held at Royal Global University on 17th and 18th February.

CMO Assam Assam State Film Finance and Development Corporation Ltd Himanta Biswa Sarma Bimal Borah

    l Labelled as the ‘Indian Agatha Christie, our next Speaker Manjiri Prabhu wrote ‘The Rampur Raza Mystery’, 'The Cos...
16/02/2024

l Labelled as the ‘Indian Agatha Christie, our next Speaker Manjiri Prabhu wrote ‘The Rampur Raza Mystery’, 'The Cosmic Clues', 'The Astral Alibi’ & 15 other critically acclaimed books.✨

She has directed 200+ children’s TV shows and 50+ short fiction & travel films. Her book ‘The Rampur Raza Mystery’ (A Sassy Library Thriller) was recently launched by the Hon. President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu.

She is the Founder/ Director of Pune International Literary Festival and International Festival of Spiritual India (For Humanity and Wisdom).

Her novels 'The Cosmic Clues' was selected as a Killer Book, by Independent Mystery Booksellers of America and 'The Astral Alibi' was honoured as a 'Notable Book' in the Kiriyama Prize.

We are thrilled to announce as one of our Star Speakers Mitra Phukan. ✨She is the Author of 16 books including ‘A Monsoo...
16/02/2024

We are thrilled to announce as one of our Star Speakers Mitra Phukan. ✨She is the Author of 16 books including ‘A Monsoon of Music’, ‘What Will People Say’, ‘Blossoms in the Graveyard’, ‘A Full Night’s Thievery’ etc and translations of luminaries such as Lakhminath Bezbaroa, Harekrishna Deka, Birinchi Kumar Baruah and many others.

Her own works, including her novels, have been translated into many languages. Her works are taught in colleges and universities across the country also and her award winning works have been widely anthologized in numerous story and essay collections.

Among the renowned and celebrated Authors, cast and crew from the Film industry and Artists gracing the very first editi...
16/02/2024

Among the renowned and celebrated Authors, cast and crew from the Film industry and Artists gracing the very first edition of Assam LitArt Fest is Rahul Gautam Sharma. ✨

Lyricist of popular Assamese songs like Popiya Tora, Bhoomi Projects(a musical ensemble curated by Salim-Sulaiman) Kasiyoli, Janoki etc, he has worked in 15+ movies with many prominent music directors like including Zubeen Garg, Angarag Papon Mahanta and Tarali Sarma.

Catch him on a candid chat with the one and only Zubeen Garg on Day 2 of the very first edition of Assam LitArt Fest, at 2 PM on February 18.

He has won the best supporting actor for his role in the National Award winnning film ‘Majrati Keteki’.

    l Groove to the tunes of the various Assamese folk music forms performed together on one stage by Hirak Jyoti Sarma ...
16/02/2024

l Groove to the tunes of the various Assamese folk music forms performed together on one stage by Hirak Jyoti Sarma and his accompanying artists, and get ready for an evening of musical and cultural bliss only at the Assam LitArt Fest on February 17!

A popular name in the field of Assamese Folk Culture, he is among few young folk artists of Assam. He is an International Folk Artiste, Research Scholar in Performing Arts and Student of Veteran folk artiste, Sangeet Natak Academy awardee late Umakanta Bairagi.


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    l Film lovers and enthusiasts in  , we bring to you as speaker Sidharth Jain, Founder of The Story Ink, India's larg...
15/02/2024

l Film lovers and enthusiasts in , we bring to you as speaker Sidharth Jain, Founder of The Story Ink, India's largest book-to-screen adaptation company and has been in the film industry for 20 years. ✨

He produced ‘Trial by Fire’ on Netflix which streamed to rave reviews. His production slate currently has 4 projects in production.

The Story Ink represents more than 200 authors and exclusively controls the screen rights to more than 500 books and has now transformed into a video-consultation & webinar platform for the content industry.

Team Assam LitArt Fest is delighted to receive Maharani's Mishra Ji and Mirzapur's JP Yadav himself, Pramod Pathak as   ...
15/02/2024

Team Assam LitArt Fest is delighted to receive Maharani's Mishra Ji and Mirzapur's JP Yadav himself, Pramod Pathak as on Day 2 of the very first edition of Assam LitArt Fest, February 18. ✨

He will speak at the 4 PM panel discussion on acting, dialogue writing, lyrics writing, direction and film production alongside The RJ Karan Singh and Navanita Sharma, moderated by J N Sirpal.

Pramod Pathak is an Indian film veteran and has been in Bollywood and theatre Industry for over 2 decades. He is known for his critically acclaimed performances & popular roles in Mirzapur, Gangs of Wasseypur, Raees, Raazi and many other films. He also has his own theatre group that performs pan India and abroad.

Thank you so much for the share and support Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty ! 🙏🏻 We are very excited to hear you in your sess...
15/02/2024

Thank you so much for the share and support Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty ! 🙏🏻 We are very excited to hear you in your session.

l Team LitArt is proud to announce as Speaker of one of our panels Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty . The revered author of ‘Assam-The Accord The Discord’ & ‘The Assamese — A Portrait of a Community’, she is the first woman journalist to be accorded the Parag Das Journalism Award. ✨

She was the winner of Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for feature writing in 2017. She is also currently the national affairs editor and chief of news bureau at The Wire.

    l Team LitArt is proud to announce as Speaker of one of our panels Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty  . The revered author ...
14/02/2024

l Team LitArt is proud to announce as Speaker of one of our panels Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty . The revered author of ‘Assam-The Accord The Discord’ & ‘The Assamese — A Portrait of a Community’, she is the first woman journalist to be accorded the Parag Das Journalism Award. ✨

She was the winner of Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for feature writing in 2017. She is also currently the national affairs editor and chief of news bureau at The Wire.

    l We are on cloud nine to be hosting Sumant Batra , Author of the bestselling book  ,🪻 his book 'Corporate Insolvenc...
14/02/2024

l We are on cloud nine to be hosting Sumant Batra , Author of the bestselling book ,🪻 his book 'Corporate Insolvency Principles and Practice' is considered amongst the authoritative scholarly work on insolvency. Insolvency lawyer of global eminence, Batra is ranked amongst the top 30 restructuring lawyers in the world. ✨

His family has established the Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation, a non-for profit initiative, to document the rich history and heritage of Indian cinema. The Foundation owns one of the largest archive and library of Indian cinema memorabilia. The digital story telling part of the project is a collaboration with Google.

His coffee table book, 'The Indians', was a bestseller and received rave reviews. His most recent book was the late actor Sanjeev Kumar’s biography, 'An Actor’s Actor, An Authorised Biography', co-authored with Hanif Zaveri, and published by Penguin, which featured on the popular show, Kaun Banega Karorpati. His latest book, Anarkali, a historical fiction, published by Om Publishers, has become a national bestseller.

CMO Assam Assam State Film Finance and Development Corporation Ltd Himanta Biswa Sarma Bimal Borah Jayanta Mallabaruah

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