Haflong (Assam): Dimasa organisations here have requested President Droupadi Murmu to intervene and halt the screening of National Award film ‘Semkhor’ for misrepresenting the community and took out a protest march here, the headquarters of Dima Hasao district in Assam.
The 2021 film is the first Dimasa language film and was awarded the Rajat Kamal at the 68th National Film Awards. Baruah, who is also the co producer and lead actor of ‘Semkhor’ won the Special Jury Mention award. She is the wife of Assam Information and Public Relations Minister Pijush Hazarika.
The film has depicted a false story on customs, traditions and livehoods of the Dimasa people, they said in a memorandum to the president on Thursday.
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