Five Assamese movies that are doing us proud globally

A long 85 years since Joymoti – the first Assamese feature film by Jyotiprasad Agarwala – and now we’ve almost infiltrated the world cinema with the likes of Jahnu Barua, Bhabendranath Saikia, and Bhaskar Hazarika to name a few. The grand trumpet blew off when Rima Das paved her red carpet entry–a journey that started with Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to the Academy, representing India.

In the last two years or so, we’ve witnessed a variety in content and a silent dedicated approach to making regional films more approachable to a wider audience, nationally and globally. Here, presenting you five films made by Assam directors which we think are a must-watch.