Hiya Diya Niya is a 2000 Indian Assamese romantic drama movie directed by Munin Barua[1] 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.[2][3][4] 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.[5] (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
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 [6] 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.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nohole Porisoi" (Male) | Hemanta Dutta | Zubeen Garg | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Buku Bhora" | Jimoni Choudhury | Malobika Bora | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Moloyar Dupakhit" | Diganta Bharati | Tarali Sarma, Zubeen Garg | 5:38 |
| 4. | "Kothati Bujilu" | Diganta Bharati | Tarali Sarma, Zubeen Garg | 6:17 |
| 5. | "Nohole Porisoi" (Female) | Hemanta Dutta | Shanta Uzir | 4:19 |
| 6. | "Misate Misate" | Diganta Bharati | Zubeen Garg, Diganta Bharati, Chetana Das, Hiranya Deka | 3:51 |
| 7. | "Hiya Diya Niya - Theme" | Zubeen Garg | Zubeen Garg | 3:41 |
| 8. | "Mitha Mitha" | Jimoni Choudhury | Zubeen Garg, Debojit Choudhury, Shanta Uzir, Malobika Bora | 4:40 |
| 9. | "Untitled Background Score" (Hidden Track) | Zubeen Garg, Shaan, Sagarika | 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.
References
- ^ Sarkar, Suparno (8 April 2018). "National award-winning Assamese director Munin Barua passes away". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Barman Deka, Violet (2021). "The world of Assamese celluloid: 'yesterday and today'". Cinema Journal. 9 (1): 411.
- ^ "Acclaimed Films of Munin Barua". NELive. 11 September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Romancing the Silver Screen". The Sentinel. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Sarkar, Dipankar (30 April 2016). "The untold story of maverick cinematographer Mrinal Kanti Das". Scroll.in. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Diganta Bharati: A musical sojourn". The Sentinel. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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