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 ==Career==
 [[File:Zerifa Wahid - TeachAIDS Interview.png|thumb|right|Wahid at [[TeachAids]] recording session in 2013]]
-Zerifa Wahid started her career in acting as a child actor by making her debut in the Assamese Feature film ''Abhimaan'' in 1990. Alongside her brilliant academic career, she managed to continue with her passion for acting and worked as a leading Heroine in numerous Assamese Feature Films, Television Serials, Video Films, Music albums and TV commercials. A very young, school going Zerifa played leading heroine in films like ''Agnigarh'', ''Atikram'', ''Dhua'' etc. She played the lead heroine in Zubeen Garg's ''Tumi Mor Mathu Mor''. and became known for playing characters which were modern and progressive in outlook. Some of her successful films are ''Seuji Dharani Dhuniya'', ''Anya Ek Jatra'', ''Gun Gun Gane Gane'', ''Agnisakhi'' (for which she was awarded Best Actress by the Govt. of Assam), ''Nayak'', ''Kadambari'', ''Prem Geet'', ''Deuta Diya Bidai'' and ''[[Ahir Bhairav (film)|Ahir Bhairav]]'' etc. In ''[[Antaheen Jatra]]'', Zerifa showed the beauty of a rural girl in bare minimum make-up. ''Ahir Bhairav'',where Zerifa played a schizophrenic, is the first Assamese feature film to be shot entirely in [[London]].
+Zerifa Wahid started her career in acting as a child actor by making her debut in the Assamese Feature film ''Abhimaan'' in 1990. Alongside her brilliant academic career, she managed to continue with her passion for acting and worked as a leading Heroine in numerous Assamese Feature Films, Television Serials, Video Films, Music albums and TV commercials. A very young, school going Zerifa played leading heroine in films like ''Agnigarh'', ''Atikram'', ''Dhua'' etc. She played the lead heroine in Zubeen Garg's ''Tumi Mor Mathu Mor''. and became known for playing characters which were modern and progressive in outlook. Some of her successful films are ''Seuji Dharani Dhuniya'', ''Anya Ek Jatra'', ''Gun Gun Gane Gane'', ''Agnisakhi'' (for which she was awarded Best Actress by the Govt. of Assam), ''Nayak'', ''Kadambari'', ''Prem Geet'', ''Deuta Diya Bidai'' and ''[[Ahir Bhairav (film)|Ahir Bhairav]]'' etc. In ''[[Antaheen Jatra]]'', Zerifa showed the beauty of a rural girl in bare minimum make-up. ''Ahir Bhairav'', where Zerifa played a schizophrenic, is the first Assamese feature film to be shot entirely in [[London]].
 Zerifa Wahid has branched out in many sectors of social works, film and theatre productions. Zerifa is the Ambassador for Assam Autism Foundation and Special Olympics Bharat (Assam Chapter). She also endorses the IT brand Datamation.
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 Jahnu Baruah's  ''[[Baandhon]]'' was the Inaugural film in the Indian Panoroma section in the International Film Festival of India, Goa 2012, which also won the National Awards (Rajat Kamal) as the best regional film, and Bidyut Chakravarty's ''[[Dwaar]]'' released in 2013 received wide critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magicalassam.com/2015/11/5-assamese-films-that-shines-at-international-film-festival-of-india-iffi-2015.html |title=5 Assamese Films That Screened at International Film Festival of India [IFFI 2015] |date=16 September 2016 |work=Magical Assam |access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref>
-Her film ''[[Raag: The Rhythm of Love]]'' with [[Adil Hussain]], [[Kopil Bora]] and [[Kenny Basumatary]] released on 7 February 2014 in Assam, was released by [[PVR Cinemas]] nationwide on 7 March 2014.<ref name="raag">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Ive-been-terribly-affected-by-witch-hunt-killings-for-years-Rajani-Basumatary/articleshow/30546971.cms |quote=I've been terribly affected by witch hunt killings for years |title=I've been terribly affected by witch hunt killings for years: Rajani Basumatary |date=17 February 2014 |access-date=9 March 2014 |last=Basumatary |first=Rajni |interviewer=Rashmi Sarmah}}</ref>
+Her film ''[[Raag: The Rhythm of Love]]'' with [[Adil Hussain]], [[Kopil Bora]] and [[Kenny Basumatary]] released on 7 February 2014 in Assam, was released by [[PVR Cinemas]] nationwide on 7 March 2014.<ref name="raag">{{cite news |last=Sarmah |first=Rashmi |date=17 February 2014 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Ive-been-terribly-affected-by-witch-hunt-killings-for-years-Rajani-Basumatary/articleshow/30546971.cms |quote=I've been terribly affected by witch hunt killings for years |title=I've been terribly affected by witch hunt killings for years: Rajani Basumatary |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref>
 Zerifa Wahid's latest feature film to be released in June 2016 named ''[[Kothanodi|Kothanodi: The River of Fables]]'' directed by Bhaskar Hazarika and starring [[Adil Hussain]], [[Seema Biswas]], [[Kopil Bora]] and others won the post -production grant and was premiered in the [[Busan International Film Festival]] in Oct 2015. The film was also officially screened in the [[BFI London Film Festival]], MAMI [[Mumbai International Film Festival]], [[Gothenburg Film Festival]] and many other prestigious film festivals across the globe.