Kenny Deori Basumatary is an Indian

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

. He has appeared in

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and Assamese films as an actor, and as director in Assamese films. He is popularly known for directing the Assamese martial arts comedy film

Local Kung Fu ''Local Kung Fu'' is an indie Assamese kung fu martial arts-comedy film directed by Kenny Basumatary and the second Assamese film to have a nationwide release. It has also been dubbed as India’s first kung fu film. The film is the first inst ...

and its sequel, which he also starred in. It was nominated for best Assamese film in the inaugural Filmfare awards for the Eastern region. The budget of the film was Rs.95,000.

Early life

Kenny dropped out of college while pursuing Computer Engineering in IIT

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

. After that, he worked as a newsreader for an Assamese News channel.

Film career

In 2009, Kenny moved to

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

to attend film scripting workshop, in which his martial arts based script did not make it to top six. He then went on to act in commercials, TV serials and small roles in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

Phata Poster Nikla Hero ''Phata Poster Nikhla Hero'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film stars Shahid Kapoor and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles, and was released on 20 September 2013 to a mixed to positive r ...

and

Mary Kom Mangte Chungneijang "Mary" Kom (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian Amateur boxing, Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Member of Rajya Sabha. She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Champions ...

. Besides acting, he wrote a book, Chocolate Guitar Momos, published in 2011. He moved back to

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

and with the help of family, directed

in a budget of nearly 1500 US Dollars.

Filmography

Actor

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Luv Ka The End ''Luv Ka The End'' () is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language teen romantic comedy film directed by Bumpy in his feature directorial debut. Produced by Ashish Patil under Y-Films, a subsidiary of Yash Raj Films, the film stars Shraddha Kapoor and Ta ...

'' (2011) *''

'' (2013) as Charlie *''

Raag Raag may refer to: * Raga, a melodic framework in Indian classical music * ''Raag'' (film), a 2014 Assamese-language drama film * Raag (surname) * Radio Amateur Association of Greece * Right-angled Artin group In Euclidean geometry, an angle ...

'' (2014) as Alok *''

'' (2014) as Jimmy *''

Local Kung Fu 2 ''Local Kung Fu 2'' is an Indian Assamese language Kung fu Martial arts-comedy film. It is directed by Kenny Basumatary and produced by Durlov Baruah. It is the spiritual sequel to 2013 film '' Local Kung Fu''. The film is based on William Shake ...

'' (2017) as Deep / Deepu *''

Raagdesh ''Raag Desh'' () is a 2017 Indian historical action drama film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and produced by Gurdeep Singh Sappal and Rajya Sabha TV. The film is based on Indian National Army trials, the joint court martial of Indian National ...

'' (2017) as Netaji

Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian independence movement, Indian nationalist whose defiance of British raj, British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with ...

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Kammara Sambhavam ''Kammara Sambhavam'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language epic historical action film written by Murali Gopy and directed by Rathish Ambat. The film was produced by Gokulam Gopalan. The film stars Dileep in the title role cast against typ ...

'' (2018) as Netaji

*''Suspended Inspector Boro'' (2018) *''

Bornodi Bhotiai ''Bornodi Bhotiai'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Assamese-language drama film, written, directed and produced by Anupam Kaushik Bora under the banner of Bhawaria Tea Positive Productions. The film stars Dorothy Bharadwaj. Cast *Dorothy Bharadwaj as Mo ...

'' (2019) *''

Yaara ''Yaara'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language crime action film written and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and co-produced by Tigmanshu Dhulia Films and Azure Entertainment. The film stars Vidyut Jammwal, Shruti Haasan, Amit Sadh, Vijay Varma, K ...

'' (2020) as Bahadur *''

Local Utpaat ''Local Utpaat'' is an Indian Assamese-language kung fu comedy film directed by Kenny Deori Basumatary. Plot Amit and Maya have been in a relationship for three years. Amit, struggling to find work, is living with his friends, Johnny and Mont ...

(2022)'' *''Ki Kowa Dosti (2023)'' *'' Jawan (2023)'' *''

Sam Bahadur Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (3 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), also known as Sam Bahadur ("the Brave") was an Indian Army general officer who was the Chief of the army staff during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, and ...

(2023)'' *''

Local Kung Fu 3 ''Local Kung Fu 3'' is an Indian Assamese language Kung fu martial arts-comedy film. It is directed and produced by Kenny Basumatary. It is the third installment in Local Kung Fu (film series) and direct sequel to 2013 '' Local Kung Fu''. P ...

(2024)'' as Charlie

Television

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Paatal Lok ''Paatal Lok'' () is an Indian neo-noir crime thriller television series on Amazon Prime Video, created by Sudip Sharma, who wrote the script along with Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra, and directed by Avinash Arun and Prosit ...

'' Season 2 (2025) as DIG Kohima

Director

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'' (2013) *''

'' (2017) *''Suspended Inspector Boro'' (2018) *'' Tomar Opekhyat'' (Web series) (2021) *''

'' (2022) *'' Ki kowa Dosti'' (2023) *'' Jiya'' (2024) * ''

Bibo Binanao ''Bibo Binanao'' (English: ''My Three Sisters'') is a 2024 Indian Boro-language drama film written and directed by Kenny Deori Basumatary. The film is produced by National Film Development Corporation of India and Prithul Kumar. Helina Daimar ...

'' (2024) *''

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References

External links

* Assamese actors Indian male film actors Film directors from Assam Assamese-language film directors Living people Male actors from Guwahati Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-film-actor-stub