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Srimanta Sankardeva
Banner : S.H. Educational Trust

Producer : Sri Paran Barbarooah

Director : Sri Surjya Hazarika

Star Cast : Malaya Goswami,Guna

Mahanta,Prithiraj Rabha,Dilip
Kr.Baruah,Aditya Sankar
Hazarika,Mrinal Goswami,Robin
Bhuyan,Rajdip Goswami,Jyoti
Bhuyan,Chandra Bhuyan,Kailash
Bora,Arindom Bora

The name of the movie itself depicts the content. “Srimanta Sankardeva” is the latest addition to
the Assamese feature film industry, after “Basundhara” by Hiren Borah. The Assamese film
industry was really waiting for such a vast production and a breakthrough. ‘Srimanta
Sankardeva’I s based on the life and works of the greatest legend of Assam of all times. At a time
when Assamese film industry has been passing through a depressed era, the producer must be
appreciated for this great effort in bringing the life and works of this great saint to silver screen.
No doubt, it’s an act of gallantry. It requires courage, prowess, patience, aptitude, vast knowledge
and of course, the passion to attempt a movie like ‘Srimanta Sankardeva’. But more than anything
else, it requires the confidence in dealing with the subject matter, the belief to attempt a character
like Shankardeva which is considered as an absolute no-no in the industry. This is absolutely a
noble effort by the producer.

Now back to the screen, one can hardly believe that this film is based on a deep research over
years. We expected something new, a life sketch of Srimanta Shankardeva which is yet
unexplored through this movie. The story described in the movie is well known to all, it did not
require any deep research. When a feature film is made it should be considered as a full fledged
cinema only, not a type of documentary. But Srimanta Shankardeva lost its feature film image
with its documentary touch. Too much monotonous dialogues, poor make up, lack of natural
acting skills by few characters badly affected the movie. Moreover many of the incidents in his
life such as crossing the river Brahmaputra, fight with bull have been described through Khersuti
only. If it could be represented through real affects then that would be a gem to this movie.
Through a vast production like Srimanta Shankardeva, we definitely can expect these. But we
should appreciate the costume designing as well as music, though music was based on few
Borgeets by Shankardeva. Background scores were nicely composed.

In acting field, Malaya Goswami as Khersuti was simply superb in her role. Dilip Baruah as adult
Sankardeva was impressive, but Aditya Sankar Hazarika as young Sankardeva could have given
us some better performance. Prithiraj Rabha as Koch King Naranarayana excelled.
One can understand that the 120 years of life can’t be portrayed in a feature film easily. It’s really
a gargantuan task. But Paran Barbaruah and Surjya Hazarika should definitely be appreciated for
this humble effort.

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Enajori.com Music Review

Now a days when music is only based on hip hop
instrumental beats with weak lyrics, the newly released album
Ei Jibon Nohoi Xuna Bondhu is really an exceptional one.
With powerful lyrics and some great voices, this album is a
new addition to Assamese modern music. The album marches
ahead with highly charged and inspirational song ‘Ei Jibon
Nohoi Xuna Bondhu’, one of the best tracks in the album in
the voice of veteran Pulak Banerjee. This is a song that
spreads the message about the life and its struggle. The song
‘Xetelite Xui’ describes one of the burning topics of recent
times, the Bangladeshi immigration. This heart touching song
in a soulful voice of Alka Yagnik is another gem in the
album. A touching poetic expression is clearly depicted in song ‘Mor Bhaab Bor’ in the splendid
voice of Debajit Saha. Listeners can find a new taste in the song ‘Mama’ by Anatara Nandi
describes the sweet relation between maternal uncle and niece. The song and the singer
combination is really great, which can be considered as an impressive children track. But Rini
Rini by Debajit Chodhury and Luna Bharali Das is not up to the mark. It was great to listen
Assamese song in Kavita Krisnamurthy Subramaniam’s voice after such a long time. O Tomoxa
is a nice track by her. Nirahaar Xixuteer by Pulak Banerjee is another heart touching song with
poignant lyrics. In spite of the lyric of the song Anubhuti Mor being very meaningful, a lot more
can be expected from such songs. Mon Tulikare is a nice track by Debajit Choudhury and Luna
Bharali Das.

After such a long time a nice album with such beautiful lyrics has come up. Dr. Amal Saikia must
be appreciated for this effort. Thumbs up to Pratul Borah and Gupta Borthakur for their
compositions and of course, to the whole team too.