Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan

Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan
সাত্যকী ডি'কম ভূঞা
Born (1973-03-15) 15 March 1973 (age 51)
Uzan Bazar, Guwahati
Occupation(s)Actor, Director and Theatre Activist
Parent(s)Dhiru Bhuyan (Father)
Reeta Bhuyan (Mother)

Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan is an Indian Actor, Director, Playwright, Writer, Theatre Activist from Assam.[1]

Personal life

Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan was born in 1973 in Guwahati, Assam, India. He is the son of Dhiru Bhuyan, a Theatre Actor, Director and Assamese filmmaker, and Reeta Bhuyan, a homemaker. He is married to Rudrakshi Bhuyan, and they have a son named Gyaan Bhuyan and a daughter named Reeha Bhuyan.

Early life and education

He completed his schooling from Faculty Higher Secondary School, Guwahati and went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts in English from Cotton College in 1994.[2] In 2000, he completed his Master of Arts in Linguistics (Sociolinguistics) from Gauhati University[3] while working with The Telegraph as a correspondent.[4]

Career

Since 1991, Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan has been a columnist, writing articles and features by invitation for various regional and national newspapers and magazines in India. His insightful contributions in the field of music and culture have been featured in publications including The Times of India, The Wire,[5] The Sentinel, The Telegraph, The Assam tribune.

From 2005 to 2014, D'com worked as a Communications Associate for the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) based in Kolkata, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh.[6]

Since 2014, Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan has been serving as the Dean and Mentor for Communication Skills, English Language Teaching, and Theatre at the Royal Global School.[7] He also holds the position of Adjunct Faculty at the School of Communication and Media at The Royal Global University.[8] A national mentor for Katha Utsav,[9] a festival of young writers in India and Metropolis Asia[10] apart from conducting theatre workshops[11][12]

He has also participated in the International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2019 through his Indigenous storytelling in Axomiya and Nagamese through Bamhum and Howey Music.[13]

He has participated in many TEDx events organized in Guwahati on the different themes like Wider Horizons,[14] "Reality Rings in Ancient Gongs - The Backstory."[15] And "Boundaries No More".[16]

Theatre, Films and Acting

He is the founder of the theatre group "D'Passion Collective".[17] He is also a member of the North East Writers Forum.[18]

He is enhancing the livelihood of folk media artists through classroom programs in many colleges and universities.[19] He regularly conducts theatre workshops for the overall development of creative minds[11][20]

He has played the role of a sniper in the movie Mission China and the Assamese film Aamis.[21][22] Apart from that, he has also appeared in "Anurag", "Asene Kunuba Hiyat", "Jwlwi", and others. On 4 February 2023, a documentary celebrating the life of the iconic musician Lou Majaw titled ‘The Platinum Gong’ directed by Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan and produced by Dipak Chandra Das was released.[23][24]

Plays

  • A Street Car Named Desire: Tennessee Williams[25]
  • The Virtuous Burglar: Dario Fo
  • To Each His Own: Nicholas Bernard Kharkongor
  • Where There Is A Will: Mahesh Dattani[26]
  • Ahh! Women: Miro Gavran[27]
  • Laughter Prohibited: Miro Gavran
  • Tch, Tch, Tch : Sattyakee D’com Bhuyan (Workshop Production)
  • Animal Farm: George Orwell
  • 30 Days In September: Mahesh Dattani[25]
  • The Merchant of Venice: William Shakespeare
  • Going Solo: Sattyakee D’com Bhuyan (Workshop Production)
  • The Shakespearewallahas : Sattyakee D’com Bhuyan
  • Matho Chithi : Sattyakee D’com Bhuyan
  • Just Letters: Sattyakee D’com Bhuyan (An Adaptation of Gurney’s Love Letters)
  • Who Is Manto? Adaptation of Saadat Hasan Manto’s three Stories by Sattyakee D’com Bhuyan
  • Park Bench Blues: by Sattyakee D’com Bhuyan
  • Shakespeare Revisits by Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan
  • Clowning Glory- A Day in the Life of an Actor by Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan [28][29]

Awards

  • India Today Youth Icon (2010)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Interview: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan Reveals the Man behind the Theatrical Mask". India Today NE.
  2. ^ "Meet the industry expert - An interactive session with Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". cottonuniversity.ac.in.
  3. ^ "Gauhati University Department". indcareer.com.
  4. ^ "Theatre is the only work which you can play". North East Today.
  5. ^ "Articles by Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". The Wire.
  6. ^ "IFC and Indian Industry Aim to Strengthen Trade in South Asia". International Finance Corporation.
  7. ^ "Compassionate Teachers". rgs.edu.in.
  8. ^ "Faculty Members - Royal Global University". rgu.ac.
  9. ^ "Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". Katha.org.
  10. ^ "Metropolis Asia". metropolisasia.in. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Theatre workshop at DPS Dimapur". Nagaland Post. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Theatre and Voice Workshop with D'Com Bhuyan and Sonia Bhattacharya". Northeast Writers' Forum. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Indigenous Storytelling in Assamese (Axomiya) and Nagamese through Bamhum and Howey Music". iyil2019.org.
  14. ^ "TEDxDispur | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Theme: Reality Rings in Ancient Gongs- The Backstory". TEDx.
  16. ^ "Theme: Boundaries No More". TEDx.
  17. ^ "Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright". India Today.
  18. ^ "Founder Members of NEWF". newf.co.in.
  19. ^ "Enhancing folk media artists' livelihood through classroom lectures: An analysis".
  20. ^ "Bid to bring the Bard back on stage - Handique college tries to revive english theatre". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan". IMDb.
  22. ^ "Popular Celebrities". indianfilmhistory.com.
  23. ^ "The Assam Tribune: E-Paper 3 Mar 2023". epaper.assamtribune.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  25. ^ a b "Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright". India Today. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  26. ^ "Guwahati's theatre extravaganza: the organizers' perspective" (PDF). academypublisher.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  27. ^ "Arclight on woman's life". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  28. ^ "Clowning Glory" Featuring Priyasha Bharadwaj Leaves Audience Charmed In Guwahati | G Plus, retrieved 11 October 2023
  29. ^ "Glimpses from Day 1 of "Clowning Glory" at @lush_thecafe "Clowning Glory" kicked off with a bang at Lush, featuring the incredibly…". Instagram. Retrieved 11 October 2023.