GUWAHATI, July 20 � During celebration of India's 60th Independence, Nehru Centre (the cultural wing of the High Commission of India) is going to screen Jahnu Barua's Kushal Konwar - The great martyr of Assam in London on August 27, an email received here from London said.
Quit India Movement in Assam is a saga of patriotism of such martyrs as Kushal Konwar, whose birth centenary falls this year.
National Award winner, Jahnu Barua�s films have won over 20 awards at international film festivals including the Silver Leopard at Locarno. His films brought Assamese cinema and culture to the international audience.
On August 13 Basundhara: The Earth written and directed by Hiren Bora will be screened. The film is about conflict between man and elephant in the forested area of Sundarpur, revealing the ecological disaster wrought by the loss of habitat for the elephants due to illegal trafficking of wood, an unlicensed stone quarry and uncontrolled poaching.
Basundhara-The Earth has won critical acclaim. The film has had an impressive showing at the Kolkata Film Festival and the �Third Eye Asian Film Festival� in Mumbai. It was the first Assamese film to be released in 2010. It also won nine State awards.
Hiren Bora, stage actor turned film maker, story & script writer, depicts the socio-economic development issues through the celluloid. On August 20. Nehru Centre has invited Debojit Saha, Voice of India.
