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Currently, Jahnu Barua is 72 years, 1 months and 5 days old. Jahnu Barua will celebrate 73rd birthday on a Friday 17th of October 2025. Below we countdown to Jahnu Barua upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Jahnu Barua |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
| Born | October 17, 1952 (Gauhati, Assam, India) |
| Birthday | October 17 |
| Town/City | Gauhati, Assam, India |
| Nationality | India |
Jahnu Barua’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible
Jahnu Barua was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Twelve times National Award winner Jahnu Barua is a well known film maker from India who has made 15 feature films so far. His films have won over 20 international awards including Silver Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival.
Hailing from Assam, Jahnu made 13 of his films in his native language Assamese which brought Assamese cinema and culture to the national and international map. Jahnu's first film in Hindi is Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Maha (I did not kill Gandhi) that has been critically acclaimed worldwide.
He has just competed shooting of an Assemese film " Broken Window" in 2017, which is in post production.He is working on a major English project titled "Homing Pigeons " set in UK and Assam.An other international film in development is " Unread Pages" which is already announced .
Graduated in Film Direction form Film & Television Institute of India Jahnu is the Board member of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute of India, Calcutta. He also teaches cinema as guest professor in these two prestigious National film Institutions, whenever he can spare time.
He was jury member to many International Film Festivals and headed a few of them.
