Kopil Bora (born 30 March 1977) is an Assamese actor, anchor, and All India Radio voice artist. He debuted in Bidyut Chakravarty's 2002 Assamese film Gun Gun Gane Gane and is known for his performance in Mon (2002), Ahir Bhairav (2008), Jetuka Pator Dore (2011), and Dwaar (2013).
Kopil Bora has appeared in numerous Assamese films. He debut film was Gun Gun Gane Gane (2002), directed by Bidyut Chakravarty. Additionally, his movie Mon was released in later that year. His other films include Bidhata (2003), Kadambari (2008), Ahir Bhairav (2008), Jeevan Baator Logori (2009), Jetuka Pator Dore (2011), Dwaar (2013) and Raag: The Rhythm of Love (2014). In the 2013 film Dwaar,[3] he played the mentally ill character Dwijen Bhattacharya and his performance was appreciated by critics.[4]
Stage and television
Kopil Bora (second from left) in a drama with his co-stars Zerifa, Ravi Sarma and Mayuri
Kopil Bora acted in the play Narakor Gopan Kakhyat with Zerifa Wahid, staged in Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati. It was an adaptation of the French play "In Camera" by Jean-Paul Sartre.[5] In another play with Zerifa Wahid, Pancharatna, which was also staged in Rabindra Bhawan, he played a gay boy troubled by his sexuality. He was also the associate director of the play called Agnibristi where he played the lead role, under Zerifa Wahid's production, staged in Rabindra Bhawan. It was an adaptation of Girish Karnad's play The Fire and the Rain.
In television, he acted in an eight-episode Hindi mini-series titled Manushi (with seven stories by Sahitya Akademi award winner Sneha Devi), directed by Sanjib Hazarika for Doordarshan. His other television credit includes Niyoror Phool on News Live. He also hosted a spelling contest for children on Rang.
Mobile theatre
Kopil Bora debuted in Assam's roaming theatre with Ashirbad Theatre. He also acted in Rajmahal Theatre. The list of plays includes "Surongor Xekhot", a drama which was aired in the All India Radio in the 1980s, "Surjyo" and "Bhai".[6]
Other Activities
Compering and social causes
Kopil Bora has competed for Axom Idol - a Musical Talent search program hosted in NE TV, Sur-Taal-Loy, another musical talent program anchored by Kopil Bora in association with Barsha Rani Bishaya and Surajit Malakar Guwahati - and various New year's eve celebrations hosted in DD NE and participated in the cultural extravaganza in the closing function of the 33rd National games, held at Guwahati.[5]
Bora inaugurated a 'clothes bank' at an event held at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati, launched by a NGO, Xavier's Foundation, with the support of North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi), which is a financial and development institution formed under the DoNER ministry.[8]
