Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan
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Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan সাত্যকী ডি'কম ভূঞা | |
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 Bhuyan in 2023 | |
| Born | 15 March 1973 Guwahati, Assam, India |
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| Parent | Dhiru Bhuyan (father) |
Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan is an Indian actor, director, playwright, and writer from Guwahati, Assam.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan was born in 1973 in Guwahati, Assam, India. He is the son of Dhiru Bhuyan, a celebrated actor and filmmaker.[2] He completed his schooling at Faculty Higher Secondary School, Amingaon and went on to receive his bachelor degree in English from Cotton College in 1994.[3] In 2000, he completed his masters in sociolinguistics at Gauhati University[4] while working at The Telegraph as a correspondent.[5]
He developed an interest in theatre from an early age, influenced as he was by his father's career and the environment this placed him in.[6]
Career
[edit]Theatre and direction
[edit]By the early 1990s, Bhuyan was active in English-language theatre in Guwahati. A 2010 profile in India Today reported that at the age of 23, he staged a production of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire.[7]
Bhuyan went on to found D'Passion Collective, a Guwahati-based theatre and storytelling group. A project description on UNESCO's International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 platform identifies him as organiser of the "Indigenous Storytelling in Assamese (Axomiya) and Nagamese through Bamhum and Howey Music" initiative.[8] The project was planned as a series of performances in Kohima, Dimapur, and Guwahati, with Bhuyan directing a musical storytelling work focusing on Nagamese and Assamese oral traditions.[8]
Writing
[edit]Since 1991, Bhuyan has been a columnist, writing articles and features for various regional and national newspapers and magazines across India. His contributions in the fields of music and culture have been featured in such publications as The Wire,[9] The Sentinel,[10] and The Assam Tribune[11].
From 2005 to 2014, he worked as a communications associate for the International Finance Corporation, based in Kolkata and Dhaka, Bangladesh.[12]
In 2025, he wrote a long-form piece for India Today NE, reflecting on the long career of musician Lou Majaw.[13]
Teaching and mentorship
[edit]Bhuyan has held academic and faculty roles at the Assam Royal Global University (RGU) in Guwahati. In an October 2025 report on TEDxRoyalGlobalUniversity, RGU described him as deputy dean of the Department of Student Welfare and as the lead licensee and curator of TEDxRoyalGlobalUniversity.[14]
He is also associated with the Dr Bhupen Hazarika Centre for Creativity at RGU, participating in its literary and cultural programmes. A July 2025 report on a commemoration of poet Hiren Bhattacharyya listed him as deputy dean of Students' Welfare.[15]
In November 2025, RGU launched the commemorative book Zubeen: Twenty Songs and Seven Portraits, edited and compiled by Bhuyan and published by the Dr Bhupen Hazarika Centre for Creativity, during a programme marking the birth anniversary of singer Zubeen Garg.[16]
Acting and directing
[edit]Bhuyan has appeared in a small number of feature films from Assam and the wider northeast. In the 2017 action film Mission China, he played a sniper.[17][18] In Bhaskar Hazarika's 2019 film Aamis, he is credited as playing an opera singer.[19][20] In Rajni Basumatary's 2019 Bodo-language drama film Jwlwi: The Seed, Bhuyan appears in a supporting role as a commanding officer.[21][22][23]
Bhuyan directed the 2023 documentary film The Platinum Gong, celebrating the life of Lou Majaw.[24][25]
Selected plays
[edit]- A Streetcar Named Desire: Tennessee Williams[26]
- Where There's a Will: Mahesh Dattani[27]
- Ahh!!! Women: Miro Gavran[28]
- 30 Days in September: Mahesh Dattani[26]
- Clowning Glory – A Day in the Life of an Actor: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan [29][30]
- Ami Asu[31][2]
Awards
[edit]- India Today Youth Icon (2010)[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Interview: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan Reveals the Man behind the Theatrical Mask". India Today NE. 5 May 2020.
- ^ a b "A Heartfelt Tribute to Dhiru Bhuyan: Commemorating 25 Years of an Assamese Theatre Legend". The Times of India. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Meet the industry expert – An interactive session with Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". cottonuniversity.ac.in. 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Gauhati University Department". indcareer.com. 13 January 2012.
- ^ Today, North East (4 May 2020). "Theatre is the only work which you can play". Northeast Today. North East Today.
- ^ Phukan, Mitra. "Interview: Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan reveals the man behind the theatrical mask". Thumb Print – The Northeast Story. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright". India Today. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Indigenous Storytelling in Assamese (Axomiya) and Nagamese through Bamhum and Howey Music". International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 (UNESCO). UNESCO. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Articles by Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". The Wire. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Papon brings Bollywood to Guwahati". Sentinel Assam. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Passion for theatre".
- ^ "IFC and Indian Industry Aim to Strengthen Trade in South Asia". International Finance Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Bhuyan, Sattyakee D'com (16 April 2025). "Still strumming at 78: Meghalaya celebrates the timeless dreams of Lou Majaw". India Today NE. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Innovators and Changemakers Inspire at TEDx Royal Global University – Musical Tribute to Zubeen Garg by Pianist Nise Meruno". The Assam Royal Global University. 8 October 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "'Sugandhi Pokhilar Kobi' Hiren Bhattacharyya remembered at RGU". The Assam Royal Global University. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ ""Zubeen: Twenty Songs and Seven Portraits" Released; Scholarship Announced in Singer's Honour". India Today NE. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan". IMDb.
- ^ "Popular Celebrities". indianfilmhistory.com.
- ^ "Ravening – Full cast and crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Ravening (2019) – cast and crew". AllMovie. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Jwlwi – The Seed – cast and crew". AllMovie. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan – filmography". Kinorium. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Sattyakee Dcom Bhuyan". Cine.com. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "The Assam Tribune: E-Paper 3 Mar 2023". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Sattyakee D'Com Bhuyan: Stage Bright". India Today. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Guwahati's theatre extravaganza: the organizers' perspective" (PDF). academypublisher.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Arclight on woman's life". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Clowning Glory" Featuring Priyasha Bharadwaj Leaves Audience Charmed in Guwahati | G Plus, 24 July 2023, retrieved 11 October 2023
- ^ "Glimpses from Day 1 of "Clowning Glory" at @lush_thecafe "Clowning Glory" kicked off with a bang at Lush, featuring the incredibly..." Instagram. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "'Ami Asu': Guwahati pays tribute to Dhiru Bhuyan with power-packed theatrical performance". India Today NE (in Hindi). 7 October 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.