Sasanka Samir’s Bhaimon Da is not just a hit in Assam, but has struck a chord with the diaspora in the UAE. In Sydney, ‘Joi Aai Axom’ has become a mantra.
'Superboys of Malegaon' looks at a crew of amateur filmmakers who create nothing short of a cultural revolution in Maharashtra’s Malegaon, with parodies of films like 'Sholay' and 'Superman'.
Wim Wenders in conversation with the director of the Film Heritage Foundation in Delhi talked about the forces that shape his work and why he wants his films to grow older with him.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
Hope these Assamese filmmakers have the spine to address the communal questions which have raged in Assam for the last 75 years. The xenophobia which resulted in the deaths of thousands of Bengalis. The targeted pogroms against Bengalis and Muslims. The wholesale massacres of minorities like the one at Nellie.
True cinema is about telling truth to society. it’s about upholding a mirror for our society to look into.
Genuinely hope the new-age cine artistes of Assam have both the conscience as well as the conviction.
Hope these Assamese filmmakers have the spine to address the communal questions which have raged in Assam for the last 75 years. The xenophobia which resulted in the deaths of thousands of Bengalis. The targeted pogroms against Bengalis and Muslims. The wholesale massacres of minorities like the one at Nellie.
True cinema is about telling truth to society. it’s about upholding a mirror for our society to look into.
Genuinely hope the new-age cine artistes of Assam have both the conscience as well as the conviction.