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Insights

The Reel That Returned To Assamese Cinema

For years, the film existed as a title in old references, a memory in the conversations of senior viewers, and a faint entry in cinema history. No working copy…

Listening Closely After the Lights Go Down

A screening does not end when the final frame disappears. The room continues to speak through applause, quiet conversations, hurried departures, thoughtful…

Preserving Assam’s 1970s Movie Poster Heritage

The 1970s were a defining decade for cinema in Assam. Film posters appeared on theatre walls, shopfronts, bamboo fences and hand-painted hoardings, announcing…

A member’s account of organising a village film screening

When I first proposed a film screening in a remote village, the idea sounded simple: choose a meaningful film, carry a projector into the countryside and…

Why Assamese Folktales Belong In A Scriptwriting Workshop

Stories carried through Assamese villages, river islands and forest communities hold a wealth of dramatic material. They feature tricksters, spirits, brave…

Keeping Assamese Silent Cinema In View

Cinema history is often shaped by what survives: a complete reel, a preserved poster, a review in an old newspaper, or a name remembered by several…

How We Created a Walking Tour of Guwahati Film Locations from the 1960s

Guwahati’s film history is written across streets, studios, riverbanks, cinema halls and neighbourhoods that have changed dramatically since the 1960s. Some…

The Audition Room That Opened a New Life

Before the lights, the camera and the applause, there was a narrow room in Guwahati, a borrowed chair and a line of hopeful performers waiting for their turn.…

Why handwritten film notes still matter

A film screening does not end when the lights come up. The first reactions, disagreements and quiet observations that follow often reveal how a community has…

The Technical Challenges Of Screening 3D Film In A Non-3D Theatre

A three-dimensional film depends on a complete chain of equipment, from the DCP and cinema server to the projector, screen, glasses and audience seating. When…