Nipon Goswami Obituary, Funeral

Nipon Goswami, a veteran actor of the Assamese film industry has died. He was born on 2 September 1942 and died 27 October 2022 at age 80.

The veteran actor had been suffering from heart related ailments for a while. However, after his condition deteriorated suddenly, he was rushed to Nemcare Hospital on October 24, where he was kept under observation at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

He gave up the ghost during the early hours of Thurs. Oct 27.

Goswami debuted in the Assamese film industry as a child artist in the movie Piyali Phukan, directed by Phani Sarma in 1957.

His next movie Dr. Bezbaruah released in 1969 brought him recognition as a star to act in many movies in coming years. He also acted in few Hindi movies as a character actor.

He was actively involved in mobile theatres, notably, Abaahan, Kohinoor, Hengul, and Shakuntala and appeared in few TV series like Writu aahe writu jaai’.

The veteran actor who was born in Tezpur and was an alumnus of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is survived by a son Siddharth Goswami.