Bobby Sarma Baruah

Born to a family of creative minds, Baruah's father was a sculptor, a painter and an artist of high caliber. She inherited the inventive and artistic genes of her father which later on shaped the course of life. Her mother was also an artist who laid the very foundation of freedom of expression among her children by teaching them to sing and dance, thus stimulating them with their originative ideas . Oldest among the three siblings, she bloomed creatively under the encouragement of her mother and learnt to sing and dance, participating in various cultural competitions, winning numerous prizes. She also developed great oratory skills which led her to often take part in debates and poetry gatherings. She began with her literary skills since her 5th grade, publishing her poetries in local regional news papers and ever since have been continuing with her creative literary pursuits.

She completed her Schooling from Gohpur and she completed her graduation from B. Barooah College Guwahati, majoring in education. She then completed her bachelor of education degree and went on to complete her master's degree in Assamese Literature from Gauhati University. She then did her second master's degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Gauhati University, Assam. She completed her PhD from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Guwahati University, on the topic “Reflection of the folk culture of Assam in Assamese cinema”. She enrolled herself in the school of Photography owned by Amulya Manna to shape up her creative pursuits. She has also attended the Film Appreciation Course in FTII, Pune. She won a senior national fellowship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India in 2014 for a research project on ethnic jewellery and costumes of North East.

Baruah began her professional career in media in 2006, starting with making quickies for All India Radio, Guwahati Assam. She also produced and directed music video films Suntora, Sohoror Godhuli and Sohoror Tita Mitha in 2006–2008. She made a number of documentaries and quickies based on regional agriculture in 2009–2010. She directed a popular T V serial for Doordarshan named JivanJatra, various short films like Waiting for a Call, Deuta and Mirror, a thirteen-episode documentary on folk culture of different ethnic communities of Assam. In the year 2009, she produced a stage drama Maya, and directed a documentary film Santosh based on the Indian Post. She also made quickies on behalf of World Bank in 2012–2013. After that she went on to make a six-episode serial for Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission in 2012–13. She made 3 documentaries for Vigyan Prasar, Ministry of Science and Technology and 15 episodes of a Hindi Series for DD-Arunprabha, Doordarshan Bhawan, New Delhi.

In 2014 she made her debut as a director, producer and scriptwriter with the feature film Adomya (Indomitable).

In 2016, she made her second feature film as a director, co-producer and scriptwriter for Sonar Baran Pakhi (The Golden Wing) based on a legendary folk singer, Sahitya Academy Awardee, Padma Shri, Pratima Baruah Pandey.

In 2018, she made her third feature film as a director, co-producer and scriptwriter for Mishing (The Apparition) based on a novel written by Sahitya Academy and Padma Shri awardee Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi.

In 2020, Baruah completed her shooting in her fourth feature film, Sikaisal, which is now in post-production stage.