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I would sit with the female vegetable sellers in the market for long hours to observe how they interacted."īorah’s key influences are Pedro Almodóvar and Wong Kar-wai: He finds humorous instances even in their conventionally “tragic" films. “The warmth of Majuli residents gave me the confidence. “Picking up the distinct local dialect was a learning experience for me," Bharadwaj says. There is no attempt to focus on her physical appearance, nor is there the sort of melodramatic spectacle of sorrow seen in commercial Assamese serials and films. Not many are this confident in their craft and vision."īharadwaj, who plays Kakati’s “ideal" wife, believes the film has shattered the Assamese film stereotype of a damsel in distress. And yet the performances turned out so funny. Anupam would tell his actors to be as real as possible. It was a terror-but as performers, we need not be self-aware.
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“My first scene, where I deliver a formal speech, had about 28 words that I had never used in my life before. On the other hand, a collective sneeze from the three young men symbolizes a happy departure from their unrequited (and imagined) romance.īasumatary, who plays Kushal Kakati in the film, and recently directed the action-thriller Suspended Inspector Boro (2018), says the director’s clarity on tone held the film together. Luit, who suffers from a perpetual cold, is told by the mystic Brahmaputra Baba that there is no cure for it-which is symbolic of the uncertainty of life in Majuli.
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Bornodi Bhotiai also has unexpected nuance, such as the use of a sneeze as a cinematic device.
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The trials of the island’s residents, told from multiple perspectives and with authentic colloquial humour, are interspersed with hardships in the face of death (timely and untimely)-people cope with vanishing roofs, professional setbacks and romance in hilariously creative ways. There’s the death toll in floods and there’s the majestic tourist spot-they might satisfy an ‘image’ but don’t do justice to the day-to-day narratives." “During my theatre days, I would often see how Majuli is visualized in binaries. “My actors are my greatest hope but I am just an accidental director with a flair for satires," he says. Borah, 34, is the first from Majuli to make it to the National School of Drama (NSD).