Hi all. A festival of award-winning films from Assam will be held at
Siri Fort Auditorium II. Please inform everybody you know. I am
giving the tentative schedule here, but look out for the formal ad in
delhi newspapers around 3rd/4th/5th Jan.
Jan 6: 6 pm: Screening of inaugural film Kalsandhya (Hindi) by Dr
Bhabendra Nath Saikia, after the formal Inaugural ceremony. The film
stars Jatin Bora, Ashish Vidyarthi and Debasree Roy, apart from
several other leading actors from Assam. This was the first film on
insurgency in Assam, and still is one of the most authentic
depictions of the suffering of the common people. It was part of the
Indian Panorama at the IFFI in 1997.
7th Jan 06-
11 am - Firingoti - Jahnu Barua (2nd Best Feature Film Award, and
best actress to Moloya Goswami at the 1992 National Awards; also
screened in a number on international film fests)
2 pm - Juye Poora Xoon - Sanjib Sabhapandit (Best Film on Environment
in the 2004 National Awards)
5 pm - Adajya - Santwana Bordoloi (Jury Award winner at the 1998
IFFI, screened in a large number of international film festivals
including Karlovy Vary, Fukuoka, Mar Del Plata and Festival des 3
continents Nantes; based on Dotal Hatir Uwe Khowa Haoda by Mamoni
Raisom Goswami; stars Tom Alter among others)
8th Jan 06
11 am - Matsyagandhya - Sanjib Hazarika (based on a novel by Homen
Borgohain, winner of the state film award this year)
2 pm - Hagramayo Jinahari - Jwangdao Bodosa (in Bodo, was part of
Indian Panorama in IFFI)
5 pm - Laaz - Manju Bora (was in the Indian
Panorama this year in IFFI)
- Utpal Borpujari
