Insights

Long before film trivia became a popular feature of pub nights, school events and online communities, Gauhati Cine Club created a space where movie knowledge…

Gauhati Cine Club is continuing work on an important piece of its moving-image heritage: the restoration of the club’s vintage 16mm projector. The machine…

Classic Assamese cinema carries voices, expressions and social histories that are difficult to reproduce through a quick translation. For audiences outside…

A member’s journey from attendee to curator over three decades often begins quietly: a borrowed seat in a darkened hall, a programme folded into a notebook,…

Every year, Gauhati Cine Club gathers audiences to remember Bhupen Hazarika, one of Assam’s most influential composers, singers, lyricists and filmmakers. The…

Film projection has always been more than a technical task at Gauhati Cine Club. Since the club’s formation in 1962, the projector has connected audiences with…

In the Gauhati Cine Club archive, some of the most valuable film records are not reels or polished scripts. They are modest paper traces: screening notices,…

A large-format film screening is remembered through more than its technical specifications. It lives in the anticipation outside the venue, the hush before the…

A cinema screening can reveal more than the story on the screen. The texture of the image, the movement between frames, the sound of the projector, and even…

Gauhati Cine Club is beginning a new chapter in its community programme through a partnership with a local café in Guwahati. Each month, the café will become a…