Guwahati (The Stellar News): Assamese feature film ‘Bridge’, directed by young film maker Kripal Kalita, gets an entry to Indian Panorama for the year 2020 which will be showcased on the big screen during 51st International Film Festival of India scheduled for 16-24 January in Goa. Announced by the Union information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi, the list also includes Manipuri movie ‘Eigi Kona’ by Bobby Wahengbam in the feature films section. I&B minister Javdekar announced the selection of 23 feature and 20 non-feature films in Indian Panorama comprising many outstanding movies like ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ (Hindi) by Tushar Hiranandani, ‘Up Up & Up’ (in English) by Govind Nihalani, ‘Namo’ (Sanskrit) by Vijeesh Mani, ‘Kalira Atita’ (Oriya) by Nila Madhab Panda, ‘Prawaas’ (Marathi) by Shashank Udapurkar, ‘A Dog And His Man’ (Chattisgarhi) by Siddharth Tripathy etc.
The list of non-feature films includes ‘Highways Of Life’ (Manipuri) by Maibam Amarjeet Singh, ‘Ahimsa- Gandhi: The Power Of The Powerless’ (English) by Ramesh Sharma, ‘Green Blackberries’ (Nepali) by Prithvirag Das Gupta, ‘Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole’ (Malayalam) by Sharan Venugopal, ‘Radha’ (Bengali) by Bimal Poddar, ‘Paachika’ (Gujarati) by Ankit Kothari, ‘Jhat Aayi Basant’ (Pahari/Hindi) by Pramati Anand, etc. Assamese movie Bridge narrates the story of a struggling woman in rural Assam on the bank of a Brahmaputra tributary.
The 87 minutes film depicts the relentless efforts by villagers to rebuild their lives every time after the annual waves of flood and erosion. Produced by Rama Kumar Das and Sabita Devi under the banner of Kristipathar, the movie has cinematography by Ramen Rabha, editing by Kishore Deka, sound design and mixing by Amrit Pritam and music by the director himself. Casts include Shiva Rani Kalita, Partha Protim Bora, Swapnil Nath, Anindita Das, Suren Mahanta, etc.
