Aideu Handique
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Born27 June, 1915
Died17 December 2002 (aged 87)
Kamargaon, Golaghat
Aideu Handique | |
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 Aideu Handique in Joymoti | |
| Born | 27 June, 1915 |
| Died | 17 December 2002 (aged 87) Kamargaon, Golaghat |
Aideu Nilambar Handique (1915 – 17 December 2002)[1] was the first film actress of Assamese cinema. She starred in the film Joymoti (1935) directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala.[2]
Aideu Handique was born on 1915 in Betioni Handique Gaon, Golaghat, Assam to Nilambar Handique and Malakhi Handique in an Assamese family. She remained unmarried because she referred to the co-actor assuming the role of her character's husband as Bongohordeo (Assamese for husband) in the film. Unfortunately, the general public perceived Handique as having violated a cultural taboo and she was, consequently, shunned by neighbors and would sink into solitude and obscurity.[3]