Veteran Assamese actor Nipon Goswami dies at 80
Guwahati, Oct. 27 (PTI): Veteran Assamese actor Nipon Goswami died at a private hospital here on Thursday following a prolonged illness, sources at the medical establishment said. He was 80 and is survived by his son and daughter-in-law. His wife had pre-deceased him in 2015. Born in Tezpur to an actor father and a singer mother, Goswami made his acting debut as a child actor in the Assamese film ‘Piyoli Phukan’. An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Goswami was a classmate of Subhas Ghai, Shatrughan Sinha and Navin Nischol among others. He began his film ...