Mid April the major festival of composite Assamese society the Rongali Bihu begins, this also brings exuberance to the youths even to the aged and kids. As Assam and the Assamese people are gearing up with the preparation of Bihu; UB Photos – a premier news photo agency of North East India came out with full length commercial Bihu Video CD “Jaan Oi Zowan Doi” to be part of this gala celebration this year. The artists and producers released the VCD yesterday in a ceremony in UB Photos premises.
Speaking on the sidelines of the release Chief Photo Editor and Proprietor UB Photos Utpal Baruah outlined how and why UB Photos conceptualized on making of a Video Cd though it was a established name in still photography. Baruah reasoned that with visual media and editing set up being established in UB Photos; we tried to give a click with all freshmen in the technical setup. Directed by young director Kumar Sanjay Sarkar and freshman cameraperson Utpal Kalita the VCD is of standard quality. Most of composition through out the VCD has been given a second thought that is how the entire film becomes a good watching stuff. The fresh visual editor of UB Photos Pranab Bhuyan have done a wonderful job as well with sequence order, sound mixing and other editing activities. The entire UB Photos team has worked heart and soul to present a fabulous gift to the people of Assam this Rongali Bihu.
“Jan Oi Zowan Doi” has cast Kapil Borah as Jugal and Ratul Das as Pranab both ambitious village boys who come to Guwahati city to full fill their dreams. But they do not find any suitable employer or even a house to live in. In dilemma they lie and occupy a good accommodation in LP’s (Siddharta Mukherjee) house as tenants. Madhumita (Bhranti Medhi) is a pampered only daughter of LP who falls in love betrayal actor Pranab and her cousin Nandita (Zerifa Wahid) who comes to stay with them falls in love with Jugal an architect as lied to them. Alas! They (LP and family) come to know about their truth. The VCD however has a happy ending amidst tragedy, comedy and heart throbbing songs. Nishita Goswami appears as Guest Appearnce in a song. Acting by kid artist Rajhshree is really appreciable and it can be said from her skills that she owes a bright future in cine industry The other cast Lipika Bora Medhi, Kishor Choudhury, Debo Barman, Junali, Puspha Mishan and others. Bappa Ahmed, Ashim, Uday and Chandan have choreographed the dances and Ranjit Gogoi composed music. It is worth mentioning that songs have been sung by gen-X singer Zubeen Garg, Bollywood heartthrob Sonu Nigam, Jitul Sonuwal, Saswati Phukan and Sandhya Menon.
Actor Kapil Borah, Nishita Goswami, Sidhartha Mukherjee and the entire cast also spoke at length on their experience working with the UB Photos film unit. Produced by UB Photos the VCD has been supported by grassland, Reliance Mobile and co- produced by CEC Educational Group and Master (India) Brewing Company. The executive producer is Vinod Kumar Jain. During the release ceremony Dipankar Dutta, President CEC praised the efforts of all members of UB Photos and the film unit for their untiring effort behind the VCD. He expressed his desire to support and promote any group who is ready to come up with such commercial projects. A member of UB Photos termed it as leaning experience. A host of media persons, well-wishers and sponsors were also present during the release. The VCD is a must watch one this Rongali Bihu.
The United Liberation Front of Asom is funding a god amount in the upcoming Bangladesh general election. According to Indian intelligence inputs, the banned outfit was funding in the general elections in Bangladesh to come closer to the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami league. ULFA has recently convened a meeting in an undisclosed location near Hawraghat in Mymeinsing district where they finalised the decision to fund a huge Rs 2.5 crore in favour for the Awami League. The ULFA leadership stayed in Bangladesh for more than 15 years at thanks to the favour of the power-that-be in the country. Details are awaited.
Surface communication on the Sivasagar-Nazira road was left heavily disrupted as hundreds of people are blocking the road alleging lackadaisical attitude of the government. Thousands of vehicles are remaining stranded on the road and thereby disrupting normal life in the area.
In yet another major embarrassment for police, infamous drugs mafia Pakhi Miyan has escaped from the Guwahati Medical College Hospital at the dead of the night on Sunday where he was undergoing treatment citing some major health complaints after he was arrested a few months ago. He was captured by West Bengal police. Later he was rushed to Guwahati for probing some more cases pending against him including the murder of revenue intelligence officer Tarun Duta in Guwahati. Details are awaited.
Noted litterateur Rong Bong Terang has been elected the new president of Asom Sahitya Sabha on Sunday. The announcement to this effect was made by the state’s largest literary body came up at the Bhgawati Prasad Baruah Bhawan in Guwahati after the counting of votes sent by the district bodies ended. Kanak Chandra Sarma will be vice president while Dr Paramananda Rajbanshi has been elected as the secretary of the literary body. Terang is a litterateur whose epoch Rong Milir Hanhi sent him into the acme of glory. Contemporary social life in the state is very much there in his literary works . Jak Heruwa Pakhi is all about the ethnic frenzy between Karbis and the Kukis. The Assam...
A nine member CBI team on Sunday visited the blast sites in Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta Road as part of the initial probe into the October 30 serial bombing. Led by DIG P Kamraj, the CBI team has already visited the blast sites in the city of Guwahati.
The team visited all the three blast sites in Kokrajhar where 20 died and 60 others injured. They visited Kokrajhar municipality office premises and saw the heap of mangled vehicles in the blast. Later they left for Barpeta Road and Bongaigaon,
Two persons died in Bongaigaon while 12 died in Barpeta Road. As soon as they arrived in Barpeta Road at around 1-35 in the afternoon, they visited the blast sites at Torkari Bazar and...
25 years old Mr. Shravan Kumar becomes very happy when he sees his growing agriculture fields. He did his post-graduation and Bachelor of Education form Gorakhpur. He says proudly, 'I love doing farming in my village rather than doing a job in the city. This way I can sustain myself and my 12 family members and also save about 8000 rupees annually.' He owns merely one acre of land, which is often troubled by floods. In this small piece of land he produces more than 20 varieties of crops. His village Laxmipur in Maharajganj district is in the Rohini River Basin and situated just 100 meters away from this river. This village faces heavy floods every year and almost all the crops are washed...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi says the work on the national register of citizens in Assam is nearing an end.Addressing press conference in Dispur on Saturday, Gogoi said the state government is waiting for the Centre’s nod to upgrade the modalities. According to him, the process of NRC scanning and data entry is completing and that the the standard operating procedure would be sent to the Centre after the state cabinet approval.The Chief Minister alleged that the neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar have been aiding and abetting the terrorist outfits to foment trouble in the state. He said in his visit to Delhi, he called on Prime minister Manmohan Singh, home...
A view of match between SSU (Imphal, Manipur) and 2nd ASRF(Assam) during the 60th All India Independence Cup Football Tournament at Nurul Amin Stadium, Nagaon on 20th Dec.2008, Saturday.The tournament started on 18th Dec.2008 which was inaugurated by Premadhar Sharma, Prominent Football player of Assam. The opening ceremony was also graced by Forest and Tourism Minister of Assam Rakibul Hussain.Photo: Simanta Talukdar, Nagaon.
There is report of firing when as the local people clashed with a group of surrendered ULFA rebels in Namrup in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district. Also, a motorcycle is reportedly being set on fire by an angry mob. The irate mod further set a SULFA camp afire. Situation is simmering.
The Central Bureau of Investigation begins its probe into the October 30 serial blast in Assam along with the cases of communal violence in its Udalguri and Darrang districts in the first week of October.According to information, led by DIG P Kamraj, the team is set to visit the violence hit areas including Bongaigaon,Kokrajhar, Barpeta Road along with the riot hot areas of the two lower Assam districts. .It may be noted that CBI has taken over probe as the state government-constituted Special Investigation Team failed to bring any clues.Earlier on Thursday, notification to this effect was issued by the Centre after the state government requested for a probe by the agency to go into the...
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