Yugadrashta
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Yugadrashta: The Visionary | |
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Directed by | Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta |
Written by | Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta |
Story by | Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta |
Based on | Pitambar Deva Goswami |
Produced by | Swapnali Mahanta |
Starring | Moon Borkotoky Haridev Goswami Guna Mahanta |
Cinematography | Suman Duwarah |
Music by | Anurag Saikia |
Country | India |
Language | Assamese |
Yugadrashta: The Visionary is an
Plot
The film begins with the return by boat of Goswami and his secretary-biographer, Gangadhar Hazarika, to his home in Majuli from EID Majlis in 1956. He was the only Satra leader to attend. They discuss the 1914 ordination ceremony of Pitambardev as Sattradhikar of the Garmur Satra, the monastery of a celibate order in Majuli. The ceremony and the heritage of the Satra tradition appear in flashback. They agree that society's rules are not ordained by God, and a person's worth should be judged by their sense of justice.
Goswami, who reformed his order's celibacy, is portrayed as a man fighting with himself. His most active period was during the 1920s, when he introduced several reforms and opposed the
The film flashes back to Goswami opening schools in the
Cast
- Pitambar Deva Goswami - Moon Borkotoky
- Goswami as a child – Aashwas Rag Mahanta
- Sattradhikar, Auniati Sattra – Haridev Goswami
- Gongadhar - Guna Mahanta
- Aldhara - Pradip Bhuyan
- H. W. Phriel - Henry Cottee Jones (Eden)
- Chief Secretary - Rupert Grey
- Niru - Srijani Bhaswa Mahanta
- Ramai - Rubi Mahanta
- Mising Lady - Jyotsna Doley
- Niru's friend - Priyanka Baruah
Awards
- 61st National Film Awards: Anurag Saikia (best music director, non-feature film)
- 2nd Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival-13: Best Music Award, music director (Amrit Pritam, Anurag Saikia)
- 2nd Delhi Shorts International Film Festival-13: Special Festival Mention (Direction), Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta[2]
- Noida International Film Festival 14: Special Honour, Best Actor (jury), Best Director (jury)
References
- ^ a b Das, Partha Jyoti. "Spirit of reform". The Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Result". Delhi Shorts International Film Festival. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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