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The Moving Image and Assamese Culture: Joymoti, Jyotiprasad Agarwala, and Assamese Cinema

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Exploring the inception of Assamese cinema in the context of Assam’s history and culture and its progress up to present times, this book brings to light the doyens of Assamese literature like Lakshminath Bezbarua (1868-1938) and journals such as Orunodoi which tried for the first time, to give the Assamese people a sense of identity. Including rare photographs, newspaper articles, and interviews, the work takes into its purview the political history of the region and the socio-cultural milieu within which the first Assamese film Joymoti was made, providing interesting insights into the thought and philosophy of Jyotiprasad Agarwala (1903-1951), the pioneer of Assamese cinema.

Book Release programme as author of “The Moving Image and Assamese Culture: Joymoti, Jyotiprasad Agarwala and Assamese Cinema”. Chief Guest – CM Assam, Sri Tarun Gogoi, Guest of Honour, Prof Mihir Bhattacharya, Actor Nipon Goswami and Prof Rajen Saikia, 2014.

Articles on the book

How Assamese film found its mojo

https://scroll.in/article/675579/how-assamese-film-found-its-mojo

Courtesy: Scroll.in

From Reel to Real

https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu-business-line/20160409/282329679094892

Courtesy: BusinessLine

Frames from the Northeast

https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/overview-of-assamese-cinema-in-english/article6470994.ece

Courtesy: The Hindu