# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jyoti-prasad-agarwala
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:40:14.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jyoti-prasad-agarwala"
name: "Jyoti Prasad Agarwala"
slug: "jyoti-prasad-agarwala"
description: "Jyoti Prasad Agarwala was a noted Indian playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker from Assam. He was deeply revered for his creative vision and output and is popularly called the Rupkonwar of Assamese culture. In fact, he is regarded as the founder of Assamese cinema for Joymoti (1935). He was also active as freedom fighter and involved in India's independence movement Quit India Movement. His death day anniversary is observed as Silpi divas his honour."
tagline: "Playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and filmmaker (1903–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jyoti_Prasad_Agarwala.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-06-17"
deathDate: "1951-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.9462915601023
  historical:           9.128298666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump