: The journey of Assamese films that started with ‘Jaymati’ (1935) has passed more than 85 years with many ups and downs. Alongside with films, Assamese modern songs also started its journey, though the birth cry of it can be heard two decades earlier from therelease of the first Assamese film. Jyotiprasad Agarwala, the first film maker of Assam gave importance on songs in his two films. That legacy was followed by other film makers in later decades. Thus, songs became an essential part of mainstream Assamese cinema. A total number of 259 Assamese language films were released between 1935 to 2000 A.D. Among them, films without songs are few. This paper is an attempt to discuss about the features of Assamese film songs from its inception to 2000A.D.