Writer: Arun Lochan Das
Publisher: Sishu Sashi Prakashan
Pages: 159
Price: Rs 130
The
book is a record of some moments from Assamese film industry which the writer
has seen while reporting on the shootings of different movies for newspapers
and magazines across the state.
Being
a journalist writer Arun Lochan Das has seen the Assamese film industry closely
for more than three decades. He has seen the development and critical phases of
the industry and knows the people associated with it.
There
are 32 such shooting reports in the book which were published in different
newspapers and magazines in his three-decade-long journalist career. He visited
one location to the other, passed days with the shooting crews and made his reports.
Anyone
who is interested to know about Assamese film industry, shooting of a film, the
adversities associated with it and the history of Assamese film industry the
book is a mine of information. While narrating his experiences and observations
about shootings of films the writer draws references from the past giving a
perspective to his writing and making them interesting to readers.
When
writes about the shooting of Manju Bora’s film Joymoti in 2005, Das tells the
readers briefly how the first Assamese film Joymoti was made by Jyoti Prasad
Agarwala way back in 1935. He gives readers an overview about the migration of
the Ahom people, the backdrop that led to killing of Joymoti and stories on
historical figures providing readers enough information about Joymoti and the
film on her. He writes that till then no Assamese film had been shot in such a
big set as used in Joymoti (covering 7000 square feet area) by Manju Bora.
On
the chapter Shillongore Godhuli the writer writes about the shooting of
Assamese film Jibon Xurobhi which was directed by Naresh Kumar, brother of
Hindi film actor Rajendra Kumar. Readers come to know that Naresh Kumar became
interested to do an Assamese film by being attracted to the natural beauty of
Assam and encouraged by Assam government’s system of returning the
entertainment tax for one year.
Sometimes
the writer observes the changes come to an actor along with experience. In one
of his write up he observes how young actor Barasha Rani Bishaya had changed. “I asked Barasha what she thought about the
role she was going to play (in the film Tomar Khobor). She replied that
it was a complex one. She never thought about her roles so much in her
earlier movies. Now she thinks a lot,” he writes. Again, he writes about Jahnu
Barua, “Only he can understand the pleasure of enjoying shootings of Jahnu
Barua who has the experience of enjoying it...I learnt many things while
enjoying shooting of his Papori and Halodhiya Soraye Baudhan Khai .”
The
eight pages of black and white photographs make the contents more interesting
to the readers.
(EOM)
By RAJIV KONWAR
Published on April 20, 2012
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