Farooque Shaikh was such a craze among Assamese college girls, we had to mobilise tea gardens’ security to prevent them gatecrashing, laughs Jahnu Barua
Mumbai: It was stellar filmmaker Jahnu Barua whose movies familiarised the world with his home state of Assam. His first picture, the bilingual ‘Aparoopa/ Apeksha’ (1982/ 1984) featured Farooque Shaikh as the male lead in Hindi. The talented director has since won 12 National Awards and several international laurels, but still remembers his first hero […]