Himjyoti Talukdar

Himjyoti Talukdar (হিমজ্যোতি তালুকদাৰ) is an Indian film director, producer and scriptwriter from Assam. He made his directorial debut with the Assamese film, Calendar which was released on 16 February 2018. It received seven awards at Prag Cine Awards North East 2018 including "Best Debut Director".

Early life and education
Talukdar was born in Biswanath Chariali, Assam. He completed his school education in Chariali HSMP School. After completing his graduation in Economics from Biswanath College, he moved to New Delhi for his Master of Business Administration course. He completed MBA in Human Resource and PGPM in Marketing from Cosmic Business School.

Career
In 2010, Himjyoti Talukdar started an online archive of Assamese culture named "Enajori.com" which contains old articles, photos, songs and even old movies. Subsequently, three more websites were launched which are Xurorenajori.info containing old Assamese songs, Sahityarathi.com on literary works of Lakshminath Bezbaroa, and Dipali Barthakur.info about the Assamese singer Dipali Barthakur. In 2016, he launched an android app under enajori.com initiative as Sahityarathi which contains literary works of Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa.

In 2016, he ventured into Assamese filmmaking with "Marksheet" where he was the writer and co-producer. His directorial debut "Calendar", under the banner of ‘Enajori Talkies’, was released across Assam on 16 February 2018.