Zerifa Wahid

Zerifa Wahid is an Indian actress known for her works in Assamese films. Her prominent features include ''Baandhon'', which won the 60th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Assamese directed by Jahnu Baruah. and the best film in the Indian Films Competition held at the Bengaluru International Film Festival for the year 2012.

Career

Zerifa Wahid started her career in acting as a child actor by making her debut in the Assamese Feature film ''Abhimaan'' in 1990. Alongside her brilliant academic career, she managed to continue with her passion for acting and worked as a leading Heroine in numerous Assamese Feature Films, Television Serials, Video Films, Music albums and TV commercials. Wahid has branched out in many sectors of social works, film and theatre productions. She is the Ambassador for Assam Autism Foundation and Special Olympics Bharat (Assam Chapter). She also endorses the IT brand Datamation.

Jahnu Baruah's ''Baandhon'' was the Inaugural film in the Indian Panorama section in the International Film Festival of India, Goa 2012, which also won the National Awards (Rajat Kamal) as the best regional film, and Bidyut Chakravarty's ''Dwaar'' released in 2013 received wide critical acclaim.

Her film '' Raag: The Rhythm of Love'' with Adil Hussain, Kopil Bora and Kenny Basumatary released on 7 February 2014 in Assam, was released by PVR Cinemas nationwide on 7 March 2014.

Zerifa Wahid's latest feature film to be released in June 2016 named ''Kothanodi: The River of Fables'' directed by Bhaskar Hazarika and starring Adil Hussain, Seema Biswas, Kopil Bora and others won the post -production grant and was premiered in the Busan International Film Festival in Oct 2015. The film was also officially screened in the BFI London Film Festival, MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival, Gothenburg Film Festival and many other prestigious film festivals across the globe.

Zerifa Wahid Productions

Zerifa Wahid launched her own production company, Zerifa Wahid Productions (ZWP). Being very intimately associated with the theatre movement in Assam with powerful performances in several stage plays and who loves to call herself a "Theatre Worker", ZWP has successfully acted and produced well-known Stage Plays like Girish Karnad's ''The Fire And The Rain'', the Assamese version of which was named ''Agnibrishti'', British dramatist's Peter Shaffer's ''Five Finger Exercise'', the Assamese Adaptation of which was named ''Pancharatna''; Girish Karnad's ''Nagamandala'', which was selected in the Mahrindra Excellence in Theatre Awards 2012 with ten nominations and was staged in Delhi on 5 March 2012. ''Purush'', a play by Padmashree Arun Sharma was staged in 2012 under the banner of her production.

In June 2013, ZWP staged another play by Padmashri Arun Sarma, ''Napoleon'', at Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati. The several shows of ''Napoleon'' won unprecedented response from the audience and media acclaim. Continuing with its tradition, ZWP launched its latest play ''Moromor Bondhu'', an adaptation of A. R. Gurney's ''Love Letters'' in Assamese on 25 July 2014 in Guwahati. Expanding its creative endeavours, ZWP introduced a festival of plays in the months of November and December 2014 named as ''Just Theatre'' in Guwahati, which showcased three plays: Girish Karnad's ''Nagamandala'', Arun Sarma's ''Napoleon'', and A. R. Gurney's ''Love Letters'' in its Assamese adaptation, called ''Moromor Bondhu''. In 2015, ZWP produced the Assamese Adaptation of Girish Karnad's very popular play, ''Wedding Album''. In March 2016, she produced premiered Gurney's ''Love Letters'', retaining the Assamese adapted name ''Moromor Bondhu''.

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Living people
Indian film actresses
Actresses from Assam
Actresses in Assamese cinema
Year of birth missing (living people)
Filmfare Awards East winners