This time I went to Assam on the occasion of Durga Puja I came to know about a new Assamese movie titled "MON JAI". It is a real surprise for the people of Assam to see the release of full length Assamese movie. After a series of bomb blasts in the movie theaters across Assam few years back, the whole Assamese film industry headed for sure and certain collapse. More than half of the movie theaters had to shut down their business. And for their own survival the people involved in the film industry moved to drama as well as making of short musical VCD s etc. It was really unfortunate to see such a fate of this industry which started in 1935 with the first Assamese movie Joymati. However with the release of Mon Jai starring Zubeen Garg, Nishita Goswami, I am still hopeful of revival of the film industry. Although I did not have time to watch the whole movie, the first part I watched was really nice. The movie is a bit slow one but has been able to present beautifully the true picture of an Assamese well-educated, unemployed, frustrated youth played by Zubeen. Unemployment in Assam has always been a cause of many other problems and vice versa. Anyway I liked the role of Zubeen very much, he has improved a lot in his acting skills. The title track sung by him is really heart-touching, the youtube link of which is below:
Viva La Assamese Film Industry. I am hopeful of many more such releases in the coming years.
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