Aideu Handique

Aideu Nilambar Handique (1915 – 17 December 2002) was the first film actress of Assamese cinema. She starred in the film Joymoti directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala.

Personal life Aideu Handique was born on 1915 in Betioni Handique Gaon, Golaghat, Assam to Nilambar Handique and Malakhi Handique in an Assamese family. She remained unmarried because she referred to the co-actor assuming the role of her character's husband as Bongohordeo (Assamese for husband) in the film. Unfortunately, the general public perceived Handique as having violated a cultural taboo and she was, consequently, shunned by neighbors and would sink into solitude and obscurity.

Recognition She never acted after Joymoti again except for a minuscule role in the film Ganga Siloni and a guest appearance in a film made on her life. In 1991, a girls' school was named after her in her village.