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{{Short description|Indian actor, director, and writer (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan<br />সাত্যকী ডি'কম ভূঞা
| image = Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan.jpg
| alt = close-up of Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan wearing light-coloured, traditional Indian clothing, grinning directly at camera
| caption = Bhuyan in 2023
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Guwahati]], Assam, India
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director}}
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| parents = [[Dhiru Bhuyan]] (father)
| spouse =
| children =
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}}

'''Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan''' is an Indian actor, director, playwright, and writer from [[Guwahati]], Assam.<ref name="indiatodayne">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/entertainment/story/interview-sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan-reveals-man-behind-theatrical-mask-405925-2020-05-05|title= Interview: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan Reveals the Man behind the Theatrical Mask |date=5 May 2020 |publisher=India Today NE}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan was born in 1973 in [[Guwahati]], Assam, India. He is the son of [[Dhiru Bhuyan]], a celebrated actor and filmmaker.<ref name="sm">{{cite web|title=A Heartfelt Tribute to Dhiru Bhuyan: Commemorating 25 Years of an Assamese Theatre Legend|website=The Times of India|date=8 October 2024|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/a-heartfelt-tribute-to-dhiru-bhuyan-commemorating-25-years-of-an-assamese-theatre-legend/articleshow/114026381.cms|access-date=27 January 2025}}</ref> He completed his schooling at [[Faculty Higher Secondary School, Amingaon]] and went on to receive his bachelor degree in English from [[Cotton University|Cotton College]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://english.cottonuniversity.ac.in/event_details?p=Q1RwbkNkVzEzMVA2R0N1eEhiUGNDUT09|title= Meet the industry expert – An interactive session with Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan |date=24 May 2023 |website=cottonuniversity.ac.in}}</ref> In 2000, he completed his masters in sociolinguistics at [[Gauhati University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indcareer.com/gauhati-university-guwahati/Departments/department-linguistics|title= Gauhati University Department |website=indcareer.com|date= 13 January 2012 }}</ref> while working at ''[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]'' as a correspondent.<ref name=education>{{cite web |last1= Today |first1= North East |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2020/05/04/theatre-is-the-only-work-which-you-can-call-play-dcom-bhuyan/|title= Theatre is the only work which you can play |work= Northeast Today |date=4 May 2020 |publisher=North East Today}}</ref>

He developed an interest in theatre from an early age, influenced as he was by his father's career and the environment this placed him in.<ref name="Thumbprint-interview">{{cite web |last=Phukan |first=Mitra |title=Interview: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan reveals the man behind the theatrical mask |website=Thumb Print – The Northeast Story |url=http://www.thumbprintmag.com/interview-sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan-reveals-the-man-behind-the-theatrical-mask/ |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref>

==Career==
===Theatre and direction===
By the early 1990s, Bhuyan was active in English-language theatre in Guwahati. A 2010 profile in ''[[India Today]]'' reported that at the age of 23, he staged a production of [[Tennessee Williams]]'s ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.<ref name="IndiaToday-StageBright">{{cite news |title=Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright |work=India Today |date=25 September 2010 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/04-10-2010/story/sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan-stage-bright-743257-2010-09-25 |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref>

Bhuyan went on to found D'Passion Collective, a Guwahati-based theatre and storytelling group. A project description on UNESCO's International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 platform identifies him as organiser of the "Indigenous Storytelling in Assamese (Axomiya) and Nagamese through Bamhum and Howey Music" initiative.<ref name="IYIL-Bamhum">{{cite web |title=Indigenous Storytelling in Assamese (Axomiya) and Nagamese through Bamhum and Howey Music |website=International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 (UNESCO) |publisher=UNESCO |date=1 September 2020 |url=https://en.iyil2019.org/events/indigenous-storytelling-in-assamese-axomiya-and-nagamese-through-bamhum-and-howey-music/ |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> The project was planned as a series of performances in [[Kohima]], [[Dimapur]], and Guwahati, with Bhuyan directing a musical storytelling work focusing on [[Nagamese creole|Nagamese]] and [[Assamese language|Assamese]] oral traditions.<ref name="IYIL-Bamhum" />

===Writing===
Since 1991, Bhuyan has been a [[columnist]], writing articles and features for various regional and national newspapers and magazines across India. His contributions in the fields of music and culture have been featured in such publications as ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.thewire.in/byline/sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan|title=Articles by Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan|publisher=The Wire|access-date=19 May 2023|archive-date=19 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519155249/https://m.thewire.in/byline/sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|The Sentinel]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Papon brings Bollywood to Guwahati|website=Sentinel Assam|date=9 June 2018|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/epaper.sentinelassam.com/melange/papon-brings-bollywood-to-guwahati|access-date=27 January 2025}}</ref> and ''[[The Assam Tribune]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://assamtribune.com/culture/passion-for-theatre-1540879|title=Passion for theatre}}</ref>.

From 2005 to 2014, he worked as a communications associate for the [[International Finance Corporation]], based in [[Kolkata]] and [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pressroom.ifc.org/all/pages/PressDetail.aspx?ID=23692|title=IFC and Indian Industry Aim to Strengthen Trade in South Asia|publisher=International Finance Corporation|access-date=19 May 2023|archive-date=19 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519035207/https://pressroom.ifc.org/all/pages/PressDetail.aspx?ID=23692|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2025, he wrote a long-form piece for ''India Today NE'', reflecting on the long career of musician [[Lou Majaw]].<ref name="ITNE-Lou">{{cite news |last=Bhuyan |first=Sattyakee D'com |title=Still strumming at 78: Meghalaya celebrates the timeless dreams of Lou Majaw |work=India Today NE |date=16 April 2025 |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/entertainment/video/still-strumming-at-78-meghalaya-celebrates-the-timeless-dreams-of-lou-majaw-1199775-2025-04-16 |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref>

===Teaching and mentorship===
Bhuyan has held academic and faculty roles at the Assam Royal Global University (RGU) in Guwahati. In an October 2025 report on TEDxRoyalGlobalUniversity, RGU described him as deputy dean of the Department of Student Welfare and as the lead licensee and curator of TEDxRoyalGlobalUniversity.<ref name="RGU-TEDx">{{cite web |title=Innovators and Changemakers Inspire at TEDx Royal Global University – Musical Tribute to Zubeen Garg by Pianist Nise Meruno |website=The Assam Royal Global University |date=8 October 2025 |url=https://www.rgu.ac/index.php/innovators-and-changemakers-inspire-at-tedx-royal-global-university-musical-tribute-to-zubeen-garg-by-pianist-nise-meruno |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref>

He is also associated with the Dr [[Bhupen Hazarika]] Centre for Creativity at RGU, participating in its literary and cultural programmes. A July 2025 report on a commemoration of poet [[Hiren Bhattacharyya]] listed him as deputy dean of Students' Welfare.<ref name="RGU-Hiren">{{cite web |title='Sugandhi Pokhilar Kobi' Hiren Bhattacharyya remembered at RGU |website=The Assam Royal Global University |date=4 July 2025 |url=https://rgu.ac/sugandhi-pokhilar-kobi-hiren-bhattacharyya-remembered-at-rgu |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref>

In November 2025, RGU launched the commemorative book ''Zubeen: Twenty Songs and Seven Portraits'', edited and compiled by Bhuyan and published by the Dr Bhupen Hazarika Centre for Creativity, during a programme marking the birth anniversary of singer [[Zubeen Garg]].<ref>{{cite news |title="Zubeen: Twenty Songs and Seven Portraits" Released; Scholarship Announced in Singer's Honour |work=India Today NE |date=19 November 2025 |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/lifestyle/story/zubeen-twenty-songs-and-seven-portraits-released-scholarship-announced-in-singers-honour-1306027-2025-11-19 |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref>

===Acting and directing===
Bhuyan has appeared in a small number of feature films from Assam and the wider northeast. In the 2017 action film ''[[Mission China]]'', he played a sniper.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm11777871/|title= Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan |publisher=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/actor/sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan|title=Popular Celebrities |website= indianfilmhistory.com}}</ref> In [[Bhaskar Hazarika]]'s 2019 film ''[[Aamis]]'', he is credited as playing an opera singer.<ref name="Ravening-TVGuide">{{cite web |title=Ravening – Full cast and crew |website=TV Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/ravening/cast/2000202664/|access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="Ravening-AllMovie">{{cite web |title=Ravening (2019) – cast and crew |website=AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/ravening-am215804/cast-crew |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> In [[Rajni Basumatary]]'s 2019 [[Boro language (India)|Bodo-language]] drama film ''[[Jwlwi: The Seed]]'', Bhuyan appears in a supporting role as a commanding officer.<ref name="Jwlwi-AllMovie">{{cite web |title=Jwlwi – The Seed – cast and crew |website=AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/jwlwi-the-seed-am227235/cast-crew |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="Kinorium-Sattyakee">{{cite web |title=Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan – filmography |website=Kinorium |url=https://en.kinorium.com/name/5447011/ |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="Cine-Sattyakee">{{cite web |title=Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan |website=Cine.com |url=https://www.cine.com/actores/sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan-2 |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref>

Bhuyan directed the 2023 documentary film ''The Platinum Gong'', celebrating the life of Lou Majaw.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Assam Tribune: E-Paper 3 Mar 2023 |url=https://epaper.assamtribune.com/epaper/pdf/2023/03/03/horizon/4731 |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=assamtribune.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan |url=https://filmfreeway.com/SattyakeeDcomBhuyan |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=FilmFreeway}}</ref>

==Selected plays==
* ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'': [[Tennessee Williams]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20101004-sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan-stage-bright-744214-2010-09-24 |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=India Today|date=25 September 2010 }}</ref>
* ''Where There's a Will'': [[Mahesh Dattani]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guwahati's theatre extravaganza: the organizers' perspective |url=https://academypublisher.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/g-plus-vol-3-issue-48-web-page-9.pdf |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=academypublisher.files.wordpress.com}}</ref>
* ''Ahh!!! Women'': [[Miro Gavran]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arclight on woman's life |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/arclight-on-woman-s-life/cid/1628100|access-date=11 October 2023 |website=telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
* ''30 Days in September'': Mahesh Dattani<ref name="auto"/>
* ''Clowning Glory – A Day in the Life of an Actor'': Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan <ref>{{Citation |title="Clowning Glory" Featuring Priyasha Bharadwaj Leaves Audience Charmed in Guwahati {{!}} G Plus | date=24 July 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S99qvmq0rS0 |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Glimpses from Day 1 of "Clowning Glory" at @lush_thecafe "Clowning Glory" kicked off with a bang at Lush, featuring the incredibly... |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu__t1ZIBnf/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=[[Instagram]]}}</ref>
* ''Ami Asu''<ref>{{cite web|title='Ami Asu': Guwahati pays tribute to Dhiru Bhuyan with power-packed theatrical performance|website=India Today NE|date=7 October 2024|url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/entertainment/story/ami-asu-guwahati-pays-tribute-to-dhiru-bhuyan-with-power-packed-theatrical-performance-1103387-2024-10-07|language=hi|access-date=27 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="sm"/>

==Awards==
* India Today Youth Icon (2010)<ref name="indiatodayne" />


==References==
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[[Category:Artists from Assam]]
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[[Category:Indian artists]]
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