GUWAHATI, Feb 8 - Award-winning Assamese movie Xhoixobote Dhemalite hit the screens in 21 theatres across the State today and was well received by the audience on the first day.
Directed and written by Bidyut Kotoky, the film stars Victor Banerjee, Nakul Vaid, Naved Aslam, Nipon Goswami, Nikumoni Barua and a bunch of young and energetic children. The film also marks the debut of actress-supermodel Dipannita Sharma in Assamese films.
The film was released in theatres in Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Bongaigaon, Chhaygaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Mangaldai, Moranhat, Nazira, Nagaon, Pathsala, Rangiya, Sibsagar, Tangla and Tinsukia. A special screening was organized for the media fraternity and for the children of NGO UTSAH today that was attended by director Kotoky and Nipon Goswami.
The film was earlier struggling for completion due to a shortage of funds but convinced by the fact that it was a story that needed to be told, Dubai-based philanthropist Jani Viswanath came on board as executive producer, and also pledged her earnings to Assam via her NGO Healing Lives. The film had earlier received a limited release in Assam in January 2018.
