Natasurya Phani Sarma cremation ground

About 2 kms from Tezpur town, situated at Kolibari. In 2012 April 6 the foundation stone was established by State Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarmah. Phani Sarma was an Assamese theatre actor, playwright, film actor and director. Beginning as a stage actor, he appeared in the first film ever made in Assamese cinema, Joymati, in 1935. He acted in and directed Siraj in 1948 and Pioli Phukan in 1955. The theatrical career of Phani Sarma started as a gatekeeper of the women’s gallery of the prestigious Ban Stage situated at Tezpur and in 1928, he got the opportunity to act on the Ban Stage for the first time in the role of Akbar in the drama Rana Pratap. That was the beginning of a new chapter in the life of Phani Sarma.