''Jatinga Ityadi'' is an
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, ...
film directed by Sanjib Sabhapandit. The film was screened in the
International Film Festival of India
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common pla ...
(IFFI) 2007 in the Indian Panorama section. The film depicts the current scenario of militancy in Assam.
Plot
A British couple visits Assam looking for the graveyard of the man's grandfather who was once a tea planter. With a view to drawing international attention, an underground rebel group kidnaps the couple. But being unable to communicate with the foreign couple, the outfit picks up an educated but frustrated youth who is fluent in English. Eager to be a part of that so-called "movement" of the group, the boy readily jumps in. But inside the hideout, Manab, the protagonist, discovers that the idea he had of the militant group and its "struggle for independence" was entirely wrong. He decides to help the British couple escape. In the process he is killed in a crossfire with all the militants present in the scene.
Title of the film
Speaking about the significance of the film title, Sabhapadit informed that
Jatinga
Jatinga (Pron: ʤʌˈtɪŋgə or ʤæˈtɪŋgə ), a village on a ridge, is located in Dima Hasao district, Assam, India. It is south of Guwahati The village is inhabited by about 2,500 Khasi-Pnar people and a few Assamese.
Jatinga, Assam ha ...
is a small place in Assam where birds are said to commit suicide. But this is not the case - birds do not actually commit suicide, they are lured to death. At night, people hold bamboo torches to attract these birds and when they fly close, they are clubbed to death. Same way in the guise of a revolution the boys are lured into a death trap. Drawing a similarity between the birds and the youth, he chose that title for his movie.
Cast
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Bishnu Khargharia as ''Ratnakanta''
*Bina Patangia as ''Ratnakanta’s wife''
*Saurabh Hazarika as ''Manab''
*Mallika Sarma as ''Rita''
*Anup Hazarika as ''Dhan''
*Lakhi Borthakur as ''Rita’s father''
*Tony Richmond as ''Mr. Tony''
*James Parry as ''Jack''
*Sarah Bugden as ''Pauline''
*Kuntol Goswami as ''47''
*Garima Patowari as ''Paahi''
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Baharul Islam as ''Padri''
*Binoy Deka as ''Deka''
*Amitabh Rajkhowa as ''Bubu''
*Arun Hazarika as ''Shop Keeper''
See also
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Jollywood
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 ...
References
External links
Ruchira Arts - Official Website
2007 films
Films set in Assam
2000s Assamese-language films
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