Haanduk (2016)

Directed by

Jaicheng Jai Dohutia

Country

India

How it feels

The film is about the radical militarization in Northeast India, based on real news stories. It follows non-professional actors portraying people caught up in these events.

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What happens

Haanduk (The Hidden Corner) is an Assamese/Moran language film directed, written, and produced by debut independent filmmaker Jaicheng Jai Dohutia and produced by Mayamara Productions. The movie is allegedly based on real news stories and incidences of radical militarization in Northeast India. The movie stars first time, non-professional actors Bandoi Chetia, Bishal Anurag, Nivedita Baruah, and Jitu Moran. The film was initially a work-in-progress selected by NFDC's work-in-progress lab as a Film Bazaar Recommends Film to be developed and brought into post-production via their workshop and eminent panel of international advisors. The movie is awaiting a release in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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