GUWAHATI DIARIES (2022)

Release Date: 15/07/2022 Cast: Barsha Rani Bishaya, Urmila Mahanta, Arghadeep Baruah, Udayan Duarah, Naaz Sultana, Rajeev Lal Baruah Director: Prasant Saikia A poignant and powerful film that is characterized by heartfelt performances and skillful direction — Ambar Chatterjee A film like Guwahati Diaries is very challenging to review as even though it sorely lacks the entertainment quotient…

EMUTHI PUTHI (2022)

Also known as A Very Fishy Trip Release Date: 17/06/2022 Cast: Neetali Das, Pratibha Chaudhary, Srishti Sharma, Kenny Basumatary, Monisha Bhuyan, Rubul Boro   Director: Kulanandini Mahanta Emuthi Puthi is food for thoughts and sustenance for the soul — Ambar Chatterjee Emuthi Puthi is a film for the heart and not so much for the mind….

AWMI (2022)

Stuti Choudhury and Kamal Lochan make an already interesting “Awmi” memorable with their stellar performances — Ambar Chatterjee Awmi is the new short film from Samujjal Kashyap and KC Digital Film. Samujjal and KC Digital Films have been building up a beautiful repertoire of short films that are diverse in their tackling of the different genres…

TOMAR OPEKHYAT (2021)

Release Date: 22/01/2021 Platform: Reeldrama Cast: Gunjan Bhardwaj, Munmi Phukan, Kenny Deori Basumatary, Lima Das, Anupam Kaushik Borah, Alishmita Goswami, Bonny Deori, Poonam Gurung Director: Kenny Deori Basumatary Tomar Opekhyat brings back memories of all that was innocent, romantic and quirky about being in love Romantic love, over the years, has become a rare commodity…

THE SIBUK (2020)

Release Date: 06/12/2020 Cast: Rishan Doley, Sekhar Bordoloi, Jadav Payeng, Nayan Bordoloi Director: Nayan Bordoloi “I had an inheritance from my father. It was the moon and the Sun! Now I can roam around the world and spending of it shall never be done!”                      …

AAMIS (2019)

  Release Date: 22/11/2019 Cast: Lima Das, Arghadeep Baruah, Neetali Das, Sagar Saurabh Director: Bhaskar Hazarika Dr. Nirmali (Lima Das) is a pediatrician who lives with her kid. Her husband is a doctor too and spends most of his time away from home. She has a monotonous existence which starts every day with dropping off…

BORNODI BHOTIAI (2019)

Release Date: 3/5/2019 Cast: Dorothie Bharadwaj, Anupam Kaushik Borah, Kenny D Basumatary, Sonmoni Sarma, Kaushik Nath, Himanshu Gogoi, Rajib Nath, Manisha Bhuyan, Diganta Konwar Director: Anupam Kaushik Borah Local Kung Fu, Kothanodi, Local Kung Fu 2, Suspended Inspector Boro and now Bornodi Bhotiai. Assamese cinema has received a number of shots in the arm over…

SUSPENDED INSPECTOR BORO (2018)

Release Date: 7/12/2018 Cast: Utkal Hazowary, Kenny Basumatary, Poonam Gurung, Montu Deuri, Eepsita Hazarika, Bibhash Sinha Director: Kenny Deuri Basumatary Suspended Inspector Boro chronicles the journey of Inspector Boro (Utkal Hazowary) who is called out of suspension, unofficially, to track down a missing girl by his superior officer. As Boro dwells deeper and deeper into…

VILLAGE ROCKSTARS (2018)

Release Date: 28/9/18 Cast: Bhanita Das, Basanti Das, Boloram Das, Rinku Das, Bishnu Kalita, Manabendra Das Director: Rima Das Rima Das’  Village Rockstars chronicles the journey of Dhunu (Bhanita Das), her elder brother, her mother (Basanti Das) and her friends as their lives move through the seasons with Dhunu dreaming of forming a rock band…

MAJ RATI KETEKI (2017)

Maj Rati Keteki is a picture of astounding beauty and depth. Here is a film that will cater only to a niche audience simply because of its content and so to speak of the lack of what we in today’s time call the entertainment quotient. There are no superheroes here. There are no song and…

MISSION CHINA (2017)

Mission China is a film that has garnered unprecedented success among the masses. While the ticket windows have fast put up the “houseful” board, atleast in the first week or so, I was surprised not to find any major reviews of the film. The only reviews that we got were of eccentric Zubeen fans hollering…

WHY JAHNU BARUA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROPONENTS OF MODERN ASSAMESE CINEMA

1995: watching the “correct” wrong film: it was a bright and sunny afternoon of 1995. I was in class two and yet I remember that day as if it was only yesterday. In those days watching films without the escort of family members was considered a sin. That was however one sin that both I…