"Ajan Fakir Saheb", a new Assamese Film is to be released in Mumbai shortly. The film is directed by Ashif Ikbal Hussain. It is a period film based on the life of the great Ajan Fakir who came from Baghdad originally. The film portrays the social, political and economical life in earlier times. The most noteworthy aspect of the film is that it has tried to focus not only on the religious and communal harmony existing at that time but has also tried to show the work culture that was prevalent in Assam at that time.
Ajan Fakir is being portrayed by the great Actor, Bishnu Khagaria. Khargaria is very happy to be portraying the role of the Ajan Fakir. He has said that this is a very unusual character that he is playing and he has worked hard to get into the soul of the character. Jayanta Bhagawati plays the role of a “Moulobi.” Both of them had to learn things like offering “namaj” besides learning some words of Urdu and Arabic to play the characters effectively.
The film has been presented by Samanya films from Tihu and produced by Bani Kalita. Dialogues for the film have been written by Prabhat Goswami while Photography is by Paresh Baruah. The main music direction is by Dhijen Konwar. The music director of the Jikir is Hapeja Begar Chodhury. There is a lot of variety in the music viz. jikir, bihu, naam etc. Sound is by Tauhidur Rahman and the dubbing will be done at Jyoti Chitraban by Deepak Dutta.
PermalinkSubmitted by Syed Ahmed Shah on Tue, 15/01/2008 - 15:33
The Syed Sufis of Upper Assam belonged to the orthodox Hanafi school and are far removed from the practices associated with the Mazaar culture. The outfit in which Bishnu Khargaria is seen portraying "Ajan Fakir Saheb" just do not reflect his true personality. The unusually long hair, the red beads on the neck are alien to the sufi tradition kept alive by a few of his descendants in upper Assam.
Anyway, it is a commendable effort and deserves whole hearted appreciation for the noble objective it seeks to achieve.
PermalinkSubmitted by Syed Abdul Quavi on Wed, 29/07/2009 - 14:28
I have seen the film in its premier show at Vandana Cinema. One of the producer Mr. Bani Kalita is from my neighbourhood in Japorigog. The effort put in by his team is to be appreciated in the light that when all the so claim decedents of Ajan Fakir Shaheb are threading the bigotry path and advocating nothing of Sufism, the film is a serious attempt to bridge the gap of a society being polarized by right wing philosophies.
The main Opposition Asom Gana Parishad on Tuesday staged walk out while the Speaker turned down the adjournment motion the party moved in the House alleging government’s all round failure. The motion was brought by Opposition leader Chandra Mohan Patoway and the ruling party members also were caught in a controversy. After hearing the arguments, Speaker Tanka Bahadur Rai refused to entertainment the motion. The unhappy AGP members walked out of the House.
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The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad is all set to move an adjournment motion as soon as the Assam Assembly session begins it’s second pay proceedings. According to information, the main opposition party has already submitted the notice on Monday to this effect. The regional party leaders here say this morning that AGP will be backed by BJP, AUDF, CPI and CPM. They observed that despite the Government’s talk claim the state’s law and order situation continues to be grim with the murder and murder cases refusing to halt. Further, they maintain that the state’s financial position is worsening day by day and the Government continues to run on loan. But the ruling party...
Activists of various Moran organization under the banner of All Assam Moran Students' Union seen in confrontation during the 4 hour long dharna demanding Scheduled tribe and Autonomy for the Moran Community in front Secretariat at Dipsur Lastgate on the first day of the Assembly Budget Session at Guwahati on 03-03-08. Pix by UB Photos.
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From Assam Assembly, Guwahati:The Opposition has come sown heavily on the Assam Government for its failure on all fronts. Reacting to the Assam Governor’s address on the floor of the House on Monday morning, the Opposition leaders have alleged that the Governor’s address failed to bring real picture. They say the vital issue confronting the state have been downplayed in the speech adding that the entire speech is a traditional ineffective one. Notably, the governor had to cut short his address due to the din following the trading of charges and counter charges among the members of both the ruling and Opposition sides.
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