Doordarshan Eti Jantra (2016)

Directed by

Rajesh Bhuyan

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

India

Runtime

2h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is about a village in Assam that gets its first television set. It shows how the machine changes people's lives and relationships in a period setting.

quirkynostalgiclightheartedwhimsicalbittersweetgentlereflectivewarm

What happens

Doordarshan Eti Jantra (English: Television a Machine) is a 2016 Indian Assamese language period comedy drama film directed by Rajesh Bhuyan and produced by Sanjiv Narain under the banner of AM Television. The story is based on National School of Drama's alumnus Himanshu Prasad Das's play Ekhon Gaonot Eta TV Asil. Director Rajesh Bhuyan is also the co screenplay writer along with Santanu Rowmuria. The original playwright Himanshu Prasad Das, and Santanu Rowmuria wrote the dialogues of the film. The film stars many of the renowned actors of Assamese film industry including Jatin Bora, Utpal Das, Prastuti Porasor and Moonmi Phukan in lead role. Released on 2 September 2016 in almost 50 theaters in Assam and Meghalaya (Shillong), the film has already become a superhit in Assam. It is the 12th highest grossing Assamese film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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