Hiya Diya Niya
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{{Infobox film
| name = Hiya Diya Niya
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Munin Barua
| producer = Merry Laskar (Pooja Motion Pictures)
| writer =
| screenplay = Munin Barua
| narrator =
| starring = Jatin Bora
Luna Lahkar
Ravi Sarma
Geetawali Rajkumari
| music = Zubeen Garg
| cinematography = Mrinal Kanti Das
| editing = A. Sreekar Prasad
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2000|02|25|df=yes}}
| runtime = 165 min
| country = India
| language = Assamese
| budget = 10 lakhs
| gross = 1 crore
}}
Hiya Diya Niya is a 2000 Indian Assamese romantic drama movie directed by Munin Barua{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Suparno |date=2018-04-08 |title=National award-winning Assamese director Munin Barua passes away |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/national-award-winning-assamese-director-munin-barua-passes-away-766098 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=www.ibtimes.co.in }} and produced under Pooja Motion Pictures. The music was composed by Zubeen Garg. It was released on 25 February 2000. This film marked Assamese's first film to be shot outside India.
Hiya Diya Niya by Munin Barua was a blockbuster that became almost every household's choice to watch on the big screen and gave a fresh wave to revive the Assamese film industry with its commercial success.{{Cite journal |last=Barman Deka |first=Violet |date=2021 |title=The world of Assamese celluloid: 'yesterday and today' |url=http://cinej.pitt.edu |journal=Cinema Journal |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=411}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nelive.in/assam/entertainment/acclaimed-films-munin-barua|title=Acclaimed Films of Munin Barua |date=11 September 2016|publisher=NELive|accessdate=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918181702/http://www.nelive.in/assam/entertainment/acclaimed-films-munin-barua|archive-date=18 September 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/life/romancing-the-silver-screen-638458| title=Romancing the Silver Screen| publisher=The Sentinel | date=21 February 2023| accessdate=18 July 2023}} It became the highest grossing Assamese film of 2000 and is currently the 14th highest grossing Assamese film.
Synopsis
A rich family searches for a husband for their daughter. The father wants his daughter to marry his friend's son who lives in a village, but the mother and daughter prefer an NRI boy.
Cast
- Jatin Bora as Dipu/Dulal
- Luna Lahkar as Momi
- Ravi Sarma as Abinash
- Geetawali Rajkumari as Sunita
- Pranjal Saikia as Niren
- Mridula Baruah as Runu
- Hiranya Das as Sunny
- Chetana Das
- Nipon Goswami
- Rina Bora
- Jayanta Bhagawati
Production
The cinematography was the work of Mrinal Kanti Das.{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Dipankar |date=2016-04-30 |title=The untold story of maverick cinematographer Mrinal Kanti Das |url=https://scroll.in/reel/807404/the-untold-story-of-maverick-cinematographer-mrinal-kanti-das |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Scroll.in }} (not to be confused with the Bengali politician of the same name) The film production started on 7 September 1999 and wrapped up on 14 October 1999.
Soundtrack
{{Infobox album
| name = Hiya Diya Niya
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Zubeen Garg
| cover =
| border = yes
| alt = Hiya Diya Niya Audio CD cover
| released = October 1999 {{small|(Audio Cassette)}}
January 2000 {{small|(Audio CD)}}
| recorded = 1999
| studio =
| genre = Feature film soundtrack
| length = 35:28 {{small|(Audio Cassette)}}
41:29 {{small|(Audio CD)}}
| language = Assamese
| label = Pooja Motion Pictures
NK Production
Vee Gee Audio (Wave Music)
JG Cassette
RDC Media Pvt. Ltd
| producer = Merry Laskar
| prev_title = Tumi Mur Mathu Mur
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Morome Morom Jaane
| next_year = 2000
}}
The music of Hiya Diya Niya was composed by Zubeen Garg. It was his first film as a music director along with his other movie Tumi Mur Mathu Mur. The soundtrack was released in October 1999 as an Audio Cassette and in January 2000 as an Audio CD. Lyrics were written by Hemanta Dutta, Diganta Bharati and Jimoni Choudhury. The singers who lent their voices in this film are Zubeen Garg, Queen Hazarika, Malobika Bora, Tarali Sarma, Shanta Uzir, Chetana Das, Hiranya Deka, Diganta Bharati {{Cite web|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/life/diganta-bharati-a-musical-sojourn-623532|title=Diganta Bharati: A musical sojourn|work=The Sentinel|date=15 November 2022|access-date=18 July 2023}} and Debojit Choudhury. The album contains 8 total tracks on Audio Cassette and 9 total tracks (8 main tracks + 1 hidden track) on Audio CD. All the songs were very much popular among the masses.
{{track listing
| headline = Tracklist
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Nohole Porisoi
| note1 = Male
| extra1 = Zubeen Garg
| lyrics1 = Hemanta Dutta
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Buku Bhora
| extra2 = Malobika Bora
| lyrics2 = Jimoni Choudhury
| length2 = 4:00
| title3 = Moloyar Dupakhit
| extra3 = Tarali Sarma, Zubeen Garg
| lyrics3 = Diganta Bharati
| length3 = 5:38
| title4 = Kothati Bujilu
| extra4 = Tarali Sarma, Zubeen Garg
| lyrics4 = Diganta Bharati
| length4 = 6:17
| title5 = Nohole Porisoi
| note5 = Female
| extra5 = Shanta Uzir
| lyrics5 = Hemanta Dutta
| length5 = 4:19
| title6 = Misate Misate
| extra6 = Zubeen Garg, Diganta Bharati, Chetana Das, Hiranya Deka
| lyrics6 = Diganta Bharati
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Hiya Diya Niya - Theme
| extra7 = Zubeen Garg
| lyrics7 = Zubeen Garg
| length7 = 3:41
| title8 = Mitha Mitha
| extra8 = Zubeen Garg, Debojit Choudhury, Shanta Uzir, Malobika Bora
| lyrics8 = Jimoni Choudhury
| length8 = 4:40
| title9 = Untitled Background Score
| note9 = Hidden Track
| extra9 = Zubeen Garg, Shaan, Sagarika
| lyrics9 =
| length9 = 1:00
}}
;Notes
- After the final listed track (i.e., Track 8 or "Mitha Mitha"), there are approximately 5 minutes of silence, then the Untitled Background Score (Hidden Track) appears which was sung by Zubeen Garg, Shaan and Sagarika.
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