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{{Infobox person
| name = Suprabha Devi
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 24 December 1938<ref name="tele"/>
| birth_place = [[Digboi]]
| death_date = 14 June 2011
| death_place = [[Guwahati]]
| other_names =
| occupation = Film director, producer, lyricist
| spouse = Dwijendra Narayan
}}
'''Suprabha Devi''' was an [[Assamese language|Assamese]] film producer and the first female director from Assam.<ref name="tele">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/suprabha-devi-passes-away-at-73-first-assamese-woman-director-she-won-accolades-over-the-years/cid/384316|title=Suprabha Devi passes away at 73 - First Assamese woman director, she won accolades over the years|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> She directed the films ''Nayanmoni'' in 1984 and ''Sarvajan'' in 1986.<ref name="tele"/> In 1985, she received the Shilpi Diwas Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://northeastfilmjournal.com/leaving-for-another-kingdom-indrajit-narayan-dev#:~:text=His%20mother%20Suprabha%20Devi%20became,Shilpi%20Diwas%20Award%20in%201985.|title=Leaving for another kingdom : Indrajit Narayan Dev|work=North East Film Journal |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=22 January 2025 |last1=Journal |first1=North East Film }}</ref>

==Early life==
Suprabha Devi was born on 24 December 1938<ref name="tele"/> in the oil town of [[Digboi]], [[Assam]]. Her father's name was Jogendra Kumar Rajkhowa, and her mother's name was Swarnaprabha Rajkhowa.<ref name="tele"/>

==Career==
After marrying Dwijendra Narayan, Suprabha Devi became involved in the Assamese film industry. She was the first female film director from Assam. Along with her husband, she co-directed films such as ''Jog-Biyog'' (1970), ''Taramai'' (1972), ''Marami'' (1976), and ''Rangdhali'' (1979). She became the first Assamese woman film director with ''Nayanmoni'' (1984), for which she was conferred with the Shilpi Diwas Award in 1985.<ref name=sentinelassam>{{cite web|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/leaving-for-another-kingdom-indrajit-narayan-dev|title=Leaving for another kingdom : Indrajit Narayan Dev|publisher=Sentinel Assam|access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref>

In 1986, she directed ''Sarvajan,'' based on a story by [[Lakshminath Bezbarua]]. For this film, Hiren Choudhury from [[Tezpur]] collaborated as a co-director.<ref name=tele /> She was also a lyricist and produced several documentaries and television series broadcast on Guwahati Doordarshan Kendra. In 2003, she directed a TV series titled ''Jilikaba Luitor Paar''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=5261&boxid=12281946|title=Amar Asom|publisher=GL Publications|date=15 June 2011|access-date=26 December 2011|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124938/http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=5261&boxid=12281946|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Death==
After battling kidney disease for five years, Suprabha Devi died on 14 June 2011 at the International Hospital in [[Guwahati]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 June 2011 |title=First woman film director passes away at 73 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/first-woman-film-director-passes-away-at-73/articleshow/8856382.cms |access-date=22 Jan 2025 |work=Times of India}}</ref> She was 73 years old at the time of her death.

==References==
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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category:Film directors from Assam]]
[[Category:Assamese film producers]]

Suprabha Devi - Revision history

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