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List Of Assamese Films Of 2016
This is a list of Assamese and other regional language films produced by the film industry of Assam, India based in Guwahati and publicly released in the year 2016. Premiere shows and film festival screenings are not considered as releases for this list. Scheduled releases January - June July - December Non-theatrical releases See also * Cinema of Assam Assamese cinema, also known as Jollywood, is an Indian film industry of Assamese-language motion pictures. It is based in Assam, India. The industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie '' Joymoti''. Since then the As ... References {{s-end Cinema of Assam, 2016 Lists of 2016 films by country or language, Assamese 2016 in Indian cinema, Assamese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assamese Language
Assamese (), also Asamiya ( ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-east Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language, and it serves as a ''lingua franca'' of the wider region. The easternmost Indo-Iranian language, it has over 23 million speakers. Nefamese, an Assamese-based pidgin, is used in Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language, is widely used in Nagaland. The Kamtapuri language of Rangpur division of Bangladesh and the Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri districts of India are linguistically closer to Assamese, though the speakers identify with the Bengali culture and the literary language. In the past, it was the court language of the Ahom kingdom from the 17th century. Along with other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, Assamese evolved at least before the 7th century CE from the middle Indo-Aryan Magadhi Prakrit. Its sister languages include Angika, Bengali, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Chakma, Chittagonian, Hajong, Rajbangsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Film
Political cinema, in the narrow sense of that portray current or historical events or social conditions through a partisan perspective in order to inform or to agitate the spectator. Political cinema exists in different forms, such as documentaries, short films, feature films, experimental films, and even animated cartoons. Concept In the narrow sense of the term, ''political cinema'' refers to films that do not hide their political stance. In this sense, they differ from other films not because they are political, but because of the way in which their politics is presented. As such, a film does not necessarily have to be pure propaganda to be considered 'political cinema'. The broader meaning of 'political cinema' is argued to be that "all films are political;"Wayne, Mike. 2001. ''Political Film: The Dialectics of Third Cinema''. London: Pluto Pressp. 1 even films that are ostensibly 'apolitical' and escapist, merely promising 'entertainment' as an escape from everyday life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy (genre)
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic practitioners ( so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urmila Mahanta
Urmila Mahanta is an Indian actress. A student of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Mahanta appeared in various plays, short films and television series, before making her feature film debut in the critically acclaimed 2012 Tamil crime thriller ''Vazhakku Enn 18/9''. She has acted in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali and Malayalam films. Early and personal life Mahanta was born to Giridhar Mahanta and Ramala Mahanta in Sonapur, Assam; she has three siblings- Jutika Mahanta, Munmi Mahanta and Munindra Mahanta. Mahanta did her entire schooling in Sonapur and later graduated from Dimoria College in Khetri, Kamrup. Mahanta spent her major part of life in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and then went on to enroll at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Career Mahanta had been acting in plays since her childhood and won many awards. Afterwards, she was featured in several television serials such as ''Murder'' and ''Tejimola'' for Doordarshan (NE), which were followed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerifa Wahid
Zerifa Wahid is an Indian actress known for her works in Assamese films. Her prominent features include '' Baandhon'', which won the 60th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Assamese directed by Jahnu Baruah. and the best film in the Indian Films Competition held at the Bengaluru International Film Festival for the year 2012. Career Zerifa Wahid started her career in acting as a child actor by making her debut in the Assamese Feature film ''Abhimaan'' in 1990. Alongside her brilliant academic career, she managed to continue with her passion for acting and worked as a leading Heroine in numerous Assamese Feature Films, Television Serials, Video Films, Music albums and TV commercials. A very young, school going Zerifa played leading heroine in films like ''Agnigarh'', ''Atikram'', ''Dhua'' etc. She played the lead heroine in Zubeen Garg's ''Tumi Mor Mathu Mor''. and became known for playing characters which were modern and progressive in outlook. Some of her successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adil Hussain
Adil Hussain () is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' and ''Life of Pi'' (both 2012). He received National Film Awards (Special Jury) at the 2017 National Film Awards for '' Hotel Salvation'' and '' Maj Rati Keteki''. He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films. Early life and education Born in Goalpara, Assam in 1963, where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary school, Hussain was the youngest of seven children. In an interview he described his multiethnic background, as his maternal grandfather was Iraqi while his maternal grandmother had Assamese, English and Italian roots. Hussain acted in school plays. He left home at age 18 to study philosophy at B. Borooah College, Guwahati, he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seema Biswas
Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film '' Bandit Queen'' (1994), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Actress. She won the 2000 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the 2006 Best Actress Genie Award for her role as Shakuntala in Deepa Mehta's ''Water'' (2005). Her other mainstream films include '' Khamoshi: The Musical'' (1996), for which she won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, ''Bhoot'' (2003), ''Vivah'' (2006) and ''Half Girlfriend'' (2017). In addition to films, Biswas has appeared in many television shows. Personal life and education Biswas was born in Nalbari, Assam, to Jagdish Biswas and Meera Biswas. After completing her primary education, she graduated in political science with honours from Nalbari College, Assam. She studied dramatic arts at the National School of Drama in New Delhi. Career Biswas pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kothanodi
''Kothanodi'' ( as, কথানদী, ) is an Indian Assamese language feature film written and directed by Bhaskar Hazarika and stars Seema Biswas, Adil Hussain, Zerifa Wahid, Urmila Mahanta, Kopil Bora and Asha Bordoloi. The story of the film is based on traditional indigenous folktales from Assam, India. ''Kothanodi'' won the Asian Cinema Fund's Post Production Fund Award for 2015, and was first screened at the 20th Busan International Film Festival which was held from 1 to 10 October 2015. In April 2016, The film won the Best Feature Film in Assamese award in the 63rd National Film Awards. Story ''Kothanodi'' is based on characters and events described in ''Burhi Aair Sadhu'' (Grandma's Tales), a popular compendium of folk stories compiled by Assamese literary giant Lakshminath Bezbaroa. The four fables referenced in the film are ''Tejimola'', ''Champawati'', ''Ou Kuwori'' (The ''Outenga'' Maiden) and ''Tawoir Xadhu'' (The Story of Tawoi). Once upon a time, Senehi (Zer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg (born Zubeen Borthakur; 18 November 1972) is an Indian singer, music director, composer, lyricist, music producer, actor, film director, film producer, script writer and philanthropist. He primarily works for and sings in the Assamese, Bengali and Hindi-language film and music industries, but has sung in many other languages and dialects, including Bishnupriya Manipuri, Boro, English, Goalpariya, Kannada, Karbi, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Mising, Nepali, Odia, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Tiwa. He is also an instrumentalist and plays 12 instruments including Ananda Lohori, dhol, dotara, drums, guitar, harmonica, harmonium, mandolin, keyboard, tabla and various percussion instruments. He is Assam's highest-paid singer. In 2011, Zubeen Garg was honoured as a guest artist of the year by the Assam Convention, at Oakbrook in Chicago, United States. Early life Garg was born in a Brahmin family at Tura, Meghalaya to Mohini Mohon Borthakur and Late Ily Bort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or exposing the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. A feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm —"in satire, irony is militant", according to literary critic Northrop Frye— but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to question. Satire is found in many a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetana Das
Chetana Das (born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India is an Indian actress from Assam. She is popular face in Assamese cinema for comic roles. She is the comedy queen of Assamese film industry. Early life Chetana Das was born in Shillong. She completed her graduation from Darrang College, Tezpur in Assam. Her first drama was Jyoti Prasad Agarwala's ''Sunit Konwori'', and also got the award of best actress in that drama from Tezpur Multipurpose Girls School. Her husband, Bimaladanda Das, died in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif .... Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Chetana Actresses in Assamese cinema Living people Indian film actresses 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prastuti Parashar
Prastuti Parashar (Porasor) is an actress from Assam, India. She has acted in a number of Assamese movies and stage dramas. Early life and education Prastuti Parashar was born at Malow Ali in Jorhat, Assam. Her father Bijoy Chandra Sarma was the former principal of Jagannath Barooah College. Career She started acting career at age of around 5 years through a serial named ''Barnali'' in Doordarshan Guwahati. Her debut Assamese film Assamese cinema, also known as Jollywood, is an Indian film industry of Assamese-language motion pictures. It is based in Assam, India. The industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie '' Joymoti''. Since then the A ... was Bani Das's ''Maharathi'', which was released in 1999. Filmography Feature films Television She acted in few television serials. *''Barnali'' *''Nisar Nayak'' *''Chakrabehu'' *''Mahanagar'' *''Major Sahab'' *''Jonakat Siharan'' *''Bindaas'' *''Sendur'' *''Saahu Buwari ( Anthology series:lead in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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