Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan

{{Short description|Indian actor, director, and writer (born 1973)}}

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| name = Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan
সাত্যকী ডি'কম ভূঞা

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| alt = close-up of Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan wearing light-coloured, traditional Indian clothing, grinning directly at camera

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|3|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Guwahati, Assam, India

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director}}

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| parents = Dhiru Bhuyan (father)

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Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan is an Indian actor, director, playwright, writer, and theatre activist from Guwahati, Assam.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/amp/entertainment/story/interview-sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan-reveals-man-behind-theatrical-mask-405925-2020-05-05|title= Interview: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan Reveals the Man behind the Theatrical Mask |date=5 May 2020 |publisher=India Today NE}}

Personal life

Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan was born in 1973 in Guwahati, Assam, India. He is the son of Dhiru Bhuyan, an actor and filmmaker.{{cite web|title=A Heartfelt Tribute to Dhiru Bhuyan: Commemorating 25 Years of an Assamese Theatre Legend|website=The Times of India|date=8 October 2024|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/a-heartfelt-tribute-to-dhiru-bhuyan-commemorating-25-years-of-an-assamese-theatre-legend/articleshow/114026381.cms|access-date=27 January 2025}}

Early life and education

Bhuyan completed his schooling at Faculty Higher Secondary School, Amingaon and went on to receive his bachelor of arts degree in English from Cotton College in 1994.{{cite web |url=https://english.cottonuniversity.ac.in/event_details?p=Q1RwbkNkVzEzMVA2R0N1eEhiUGNDUT09|title= Meet the industry expert – An interactive session with Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan |date=24 May 2023 |website=cottonuniversity.ac.in}} In 2000, he completed his master of arts in sociolinguistics at Gauhati University{{cite web |url=https://www.indcareer.com/gauhati-university-guwahati/Departments/department-linguistics|title= Gauhati University Department |website=indcareer.com|date= 13 January 2012 }} while working at The Telegraph as a correspondent.{{cite web |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2020/05/04/theatre-is-the-only-work-which-you-can-call-play-dcom-bhuyan/|title= Theatre is the only work which you can play |date=4 May 2020 |publisher=North East Today}}

Career

Since 1991, Bhuyan has been a columnist, writing articles and features by invitation for various regional and national newspapers and magazines in India. His contributions in the fields of music and culture have been featured in such publications as The Times of India,{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} The Wire,{{cite web |url=https://m.thewire.in/byline/sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan|title= Articles by Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan |publisher=The Wire}}{{dead link||date=January 2025}} The Sentinel,{{cite web |title=Papon brings Bollywood to Guwahati|website=Sentinel Assam|date=9 June 2018|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/epaper.sentinelassam.com/melange/papon-brings-bollywood-to-guwahati|access-date=27 January 2025}} The Telegraph,{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} and The Assam Tribune.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

From 2005 to 2014, he worked as a communications associate for the International Finance Corporation, based in Kolkata and Dhaka, Bangladesh.{{cite web |url=https://pressroom.ifc.org/all/pages/PressDetail.aspx?ID=23692|title= IFC and Indian Industry Aim to Strengthen Trade in South Asia |publisher= International Finance Corporation}}{{dead link||date=January 2025}}

Bhuyan is an adjunct faculty member at the School of Communication and Media at Royal Global University in Guwahati.{{cite web |url=https://rgu.ac/rsd-faculty.php|title= Faculty Members – Royal Global University |website= rgu.ac}} He is a national mentor for Katha Utsav,{{cite web |url=https://katha.org/30years/sattyakee_dcom_bhuyan.html|title= Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan |website= Katha.org}} a festival of young writers in India, and he conducts various theatre workshops.{{Cite web |date=16 October 2019 |title=Theatre workshop at DPS Dimapur |url=https://nagalandpost.com/index.php/theatre-workshop-at-dps-dimapur/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=Nagaland Post}}{{Cite web |title=Bid to bring the Bard back on stage – Handique college tries to revive english theatre |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/bid-to-bring-the-bard-back-on-stage-handique-college-tries-to-revive-english-theatre/cid/718862 |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=telegraphindia.com}} Additionally, he is the founder of the D'Passion Collective theatre group.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20101004-sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan-stage-bright-744214-2010-09-24|title=Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright |date=10 October 2010 |publisher=India Today}}

Bhuyan has participated in the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages through his indigenous storytelling in Assamese and Nagamese creole.{{cite web |url=https://en.iyil2019.org/events/indigenous-storytelling-in-assamese-axomiya-and-nagamese-through-bamhum-and-howey-music/|title=Indigenous Storytelling in Assamese (Axomiya) and Nagamese through Bamhum and Howey Music |date=1 September 2020 |website=iyil2019.org}} He has also taken part in TEDx events in Guwahati, including "Wider Horizons" (2017),{{Cite web |title=TEDxDispur {{!}} TED |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/24115 |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=ted.com}} "Boundaries No More" (2018),{{cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/32038|title=Theme: Boundaries No More |date=22 December 2018 |website= TEDx}} and "Reality Rings in Ancient Gongs – The Backstory" (2021).{{cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/39999|title= Theme: Reality Rings in Ancient Gongs – The Backstory |date=15 February 2021 |publisher=TEDx}}

Acting and directing

Bhuyan has appeared in the 2017 action film Mission China as a sniper.{{cite web |url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm11777871/|title= Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan |publisher=IMDb}}{{cite web |url=https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/actor/sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan|title=Popular Celebrities |website= indianfilmhistory.com}}

He directed the 2023 documentary film The Platinum Gong, celebrating the life of musician Lou Majaw.{{Cite web |title=The Assam Tribune: E-Paper 3 Mar 2023 |url=https://epaper.assamtribune.com/epaper/pdf/2023/03/03/horizon/4731 |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=assamtribune.com}}{{Cite web |title=Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan |url=https://filmfreeway.com/SattyakeeDcomBhuyan |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=FilmFreeway}}

Selected plays

  • A Streetcar Named Desire: Tennessee Williams{{Cite web |title=Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20101004-sattyakee-dcom-bhuyan-stage-bright-744214-2010-09-24 |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=India Today|date=25 September 2010 }}
  • Where There's a Will: Mahesh Dattani{{Cite web |title=Guwahati's theatre extravaganza: the organizers' perspective |url=https://academypublisher.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/g-plus-vol-3-issue-48-web-page-9.pdf |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=academypublisher.files.wordpress.com}}
  • Ahh!!! Women: Miro Gavran{{Cite web |title=Arclight on woman's life |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/arclight-on-woman-s-life/cid/1628100|access-date=11 October 2023 |website=telegraphindia.com}}
  • 30 Days in September: Mahesh Dattani
  • Clowning Glory – A Day in the Life of an Actor: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan {{Citation |title="Clowning Glory" Featuring Priyasha Bharadwaj Leaves Audience Charmed in Guwahati {{!}} G Plus | date=24 July 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S99qvmq0rS0 |access-date=11 October 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Glimpses from Day 1 of "Clowning Glory" at @lush_thecafe "Clowning Glory" kicked off with a bang at Lush, featuring the incredibly... |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu__t1ZIBnf/ |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=Instagram}}
  • Ami Asu{{cite web|title='Ami Asu': Guwahati pays tribute to Dhiru Bhuyan with power-packed theatrical performance|website=India Today NE|date=7 October 2024|url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/entertainment/story/ami-asu-guwahati-pays-tribute-to-dhiru-bhuyan-with-power-packed-theatrical-performance-1103387-2024-10-07|language=hi|access-date=27 January 2025}}

Awards

  • India Today Youth Icon (2010)

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