The Assamese film industry has consecutively been quite successful in producing beautiful quality movies, and it’s a pleasure to see it thriving.
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That being said, I recently watched a brilliant film ‘Eti Tumar’, directed by Pervez Ahmed, under the banner of ‘Red River Fund’ and ‘Monsoon Scripts Entertainment”. The film hit the cinemas recently to a good response from the audience, and was loved by everyone who watched it.
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Eti Tumar is a love story between Amar and Manasi, childhood sweethearts, who did not marry because of the objections faced by Manasi’s mother due to their caste differences.
Their love tale has been told through three generations, each essayed by three different actors and actresses in the roles of Amar and Manasi.
Amar was a brilliant student in a poverty-stricken family, who survived his family’s tragic end.
He does exceedingly well in life due to his hard work and academic brilliance, and later comes and settles down in the USA, after being spurned by Manasi’s mother for his proposal to marry her.
He gets married and settles down in the US with grown up daughters.
However, his heart yearns for Manasi, and he comes back to his native place in search of his childhood love Manasi, with the full knowledge of his present wife.
Amar, now in his seventies, essayed by Arun Nath, and Manasi, a few years younger, essayed by Lipika Bora Medhi, find themselves inseparable and attracted to one another again.
Important roles are also played by Anupam Kaushik, Darathie Bharadwaj, Malaya Goswami, Narmada Das, Manisha Hazarika, Dr Akashitora, Dr Jayanta Das, Barenya Borah, and Harshad D Kashyap, among others.
The music, however, seems to be influenced by 2005 Hindi film Parineeta.
The cinematography is by Rupam Jyoti Saikia while Dhrubajit Kalita has done a commendable job as an editor. Anupam Hazarika is the executive producer of the film. For the connoisseurs of Assamese films, this is a must watch.
(All views and opinions expressed are the author’s own)