Assamese cinema of India: birth, development and role & trend Gogoi Debasis1,*, Hazarika Haren Kumar2 1CMJ University, Meghalaya, India 2Department of Education (Secondary), Government of Assam, India *Corresponding author: deb.9oct@gmail.com
Online published on 2 July, 2012. Abstract This paper is an exploration on the birth, development and the changing trends of Assamese cinema. It discusses the role played by Assamese cinema in the society in various aspects be it social development, cultural preservation and promotion, entertainment and motivation for economic progress. The study has been done taking into account both primary research like film analysis, questionnaire, interviews, government data and secondary research like study of books, journals and websites. Over the years Assamese cinema has achieved many a national and international awards. But despite its rich history, and its artistic success, Assamese cinema has failed to make a lasting impression in the national and international level. Interesting facts such as the number of Cinema halls which more than 300 a decade earlier has reduced to 49 in 2012. Moreover detailed list of all award winning movies of Assam has been found during the research. Therefore the study also attempts to find the reasons behind the downward curve of the film industry of Assam. Many of the found reasons are militancy problem, lack of trained persons in the medium, VCD culture, Piracy. The role of government in the process to overcome the obstacles of the industry has been studied. Top Keywords Assamese cinema, development, role and trend. Top |