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Screen local films at least for one week, ULFA faction tells theatre owners
Guwahati : For a change, fugitive rebel leader Paresh Barua’s anti-talk faction of ULFA is not talking about his armed struggle for a “sovereign” state. Instead, he has asked theatre-owners in Assam to screen films made in Assamese and other local languages at least for one week so that the state’s film industry did not collapse.
The ULFA faction’s statement signed by its chairman Abhijit Asom and issued through email, came close on the heels of award-winning filmmaker Prabin Hazarika complaining that theatre-owners were not inclined to screen his latest film “Shrinkhal” and preferring Hindi films over his.
The ULFA anti-talk faction chairman, who issued a statement from his hideout in Myanmar, picked up from Hazarika’s complaint made two days ago after theatres removed his Assamese film for a Hindi movie and said the outfit was “concerned” over the “attitude” of theatre owners.
“It is a matter of concern that theatre-owners were not interested in screening Assamese films and preferred Hindi films instead,” he said.
“If theatre-owners can earn huge profits by screening Hindi films throughout the year, what is the harm in promoting the growth of Assamese films by screening each local film at least for one week?” the ULFA leader asked.
“Moreover, it would also be a kind of social responsibility,” he said, mildly warning that those who do not screen Assamese and local films were not well-wishers of Assam. Even if each theatre screened each Assamese film for one week, it is more than enough, he added.
Meanwhile, “Shrinkhal” director Prabin Hazarika, when contacted said it was true that most theatre-owners were not interested in screening his film. “My film is not a typical boy-meets-girl film. The story is by an eminent filmmaker like Bhabendra Nath Saikia. Moreover, the turn-out was very good in the first one week, which is one reason why it should have been continued,” Hazarika said.
His film which is currently running to full house in the second week in two theatres in Guwahati, is partly financed 60 per cent by the Assam Film Finance & Development Corporation and has two well-known Bollywood actors from Assam, they being Adil Hussain and Jaya Seal.
The ULFA faction’s statement signed by its chairman Abhijit Asom and issued through email, came close on the heels of award-winning filmmaker Prabin Hazarika complaining that theatre-owners were not inclined to screen his latest film “Shrinkhal” and preferring Hindi films over his.
The ULFA anti-talk faction chairman, who issued a statement from his hideout in Myanmar, picked up from Hazarika’s complaint made two days ago after theatres removed his Assamese film for a Hindi movie and said the outfit was “concerned” over the “attitude” of theatre owners.
“It is a matter of concern that theatre-owners were not interested in screening Assamese films and preferred Hindi films instead,” he said.
“If theatre-owners can earn huge profits by screening Hindi films throughout the year, what is the harm in promoting the growth of Assamese films by screening each local film at least for one week?” the ULFA leader asked.
“Moreover, it would also be a kind of social responsibility,” he said, mildly warning that those who do not screen Assamese and local films were not well-wishers of Assam. Even if each theatre screened each Assamese film for one week, it is more than enough, he added.
Meanwhile, “Shrinkhal” director Prabin Hazarika, when contacted said it was true that most theatre-owners were not interested in screening his film. “My film is not a typical boy-meets-girl film. The story is by an eminent filmmaker like Bhabendra Nath Saikia. Moreover, the turn-out was very good in the first one week, which is one reason why it should have been continued,” Hazarika said.
His film which is currently running to full house in the second week in two theatres in Guwahati, is partly financed 60 per cent by the Assam Film Finance & Development Corporation and has two well-known Bollywood actors from Assam, they being Adil Hussain and Jaya Seal.
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