GUWAHATI, Aug 3 - Patriotic Assamese feature film Piyali Phukan will be screened at the Guwahati Press Club tomorrow at 5 pm.
Produced by Gama Prasad Agarwala under the banner of Rupajyoti Productions and directed by Natasurya Phani Sarma, the film has cinematography by Subodh Banerjee and music by Dr Bhupen Hazarika.
The cast of the 1955 film includes Phani Sarma (in the lead role), Iva Achao, Jnanada Kakati, Beena Devi, Hiren Choudhury, Bhupen Barua, Tulashi Das, Dulal Goswami, etc.
Based on the life and struggle of freedom fighter Piyali Phukan, who was hanged by the British colonial forces in 1830, the film received the President�s certificate of merit.
