Thread by @CinemaRareIN

Films from Northeast India on digital platforms..

A thread..

Two chaste lovers bow down to social taboos and repress their feelings, but doing so pushes them towards a horrific crime.

#Aamis (2019, Assamese) by #BhaskarHazarika.

Streaming on @SonyLIV.

In small-town Assam, the 10-year-old daughter of a widow defies societal norms as she befriends a group of boys and dreams of having her own rock band.

#VillageRockstars (2017, Assamese) by @rimadasFilm.

Streaming on @NetflixIndia.

Following the accidental discovery of a gun, a depressed fisherman experiences a new confidence that soon threatens to balloon into arrogance.

#LoktakLairembee (2016, Manipuri) by #HaobamPabanKumar.

Streaming on @mubiindia.

Also on YouTube (For ₹25)

An encounter with ones own past, as the mainstream engulfs all sub cultures and ethos and tries to create one world order.

#TheHeadHunter (2015, Wancho) by #NilanjanDatta.

Available on YouTube (for ₹25) :

#ImagiNingthem / My Son, My Precious (1981, Manipuri) by #AribamSyamSharma, that won the Golden Montgolfiere at the Festival des 3 Continents, Nantes in 1982.

Link: (with English subtitles)

Exploring their sexual identities in the face of the patriarchal rules of their Assamese village, a teenager and her two friends are rocked by tragedy.

#BulbulCanSing (2018, Assamese) by @rimadasFilm.

Streaming on @NetflixIndia.

Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.

#Kothanodi (2015, Assamese) by #BhaskarHazarika.

Streaming on @SonyLIV.

A woman abandons her family in answer to a spiritual calling and goes in search of the Meibi Guru.

#Ishanou (1990, Manipuri) by #AribamSyamSharma, screened at the Un Certain Regard at Cannes 1991.

Link: (with English subtitles)

In Nagaland, stones remind you of what they have seen. The past lingers on, framed through photographs, casting shadows over the present

#ScratchesOnStone (2017, Nagamese + English) by #AmitMahanti.

Link (with English subtitles)

#OrunasolMan (2017, Hindi) by #NyagoEte, the first Superhero film based in (and from) Arunachal Pradesh.

Link:

A story of community, love and forgiveness through the story of a family living in rural Nagaland, in the backdrop of State Elections.

#Nana : #ATaleOfUs (2017, Nagamese) by #TiakümzükAier.

Link:

Fleeing unrest in their native Nepal, three young siblings separated from their parents must beat the odds to survive on their own in India.

#Pahuna : #TheLittleVisitors (2018, Nepali) by #PakhiTyrewala.

Streaming on @NetflixIndia.

In the colonial upper class society of Assam, a young woman has to give up pursuit of her university education for an arranged marriage with a rich tea-planter.

#Aparoopa (1982, Assamese) by #JahnuBarua.

Link: (with English subtitles)

Tashi, a man in his early thirties is forced to come back to his village in the remote northeast region of india after eight years when he loses his job in the city.

#CrossingBridges (2014, Shertukpen) by #SangeDorjeeThongdok.

Streaming on @PrimeVideoIN.

An anthology of three stories based in Northeast India, each exploring a different stage in life - A Child involved in armed conflicts, a boy in drug peddling and a man entangled in elephant poaching.

#IIISmokingBarrels (2017) by #SanjibDey.

Streaming on @NetflixIndia.

Two people, who have their own share of ups and down, struggle to keep up with life. Will life be any less harsher on them?

#Haanduk (2016, Assamese/Moran) by #JaichengJaiDohutia.

Streaming on @ErosNow and @JioCinema.

A documentary feature based on the situation that prevailed In Tezpur at the height of the Indo–‐China War of 1962.

#Tezpur1962 (2015) by #SamujjalKashyap.

Link: archive.org/details/dli.Mo…

Tales of valour of the young soldiers and of the local people who participated in or witnessed the epic battles of WWII fought in Manipur and Nagaland.

Documentary feature #MemoriesOfAForgottenWar (2016) by @UtpalBorpujari.

Link: (for ₹139) moviesaints.com/movie/memories…

Tripura faces large-scale displacement when a newly-constructed dam submerges large portions of arable land in the Riama valley. Amidst the chaos, two lovers get separated just before their marriage.

#Yarwng (2018, Kokborok) by #JosephPulinthanath.

Link:

#ShillongChamberChoirAndTheLittleHomeSchool (2008) by #UrmiJuvekar -a story of one man's endurance to empower his community through educational reform and allow for a system where children would be allowed to grow irrespective of their talents and skills.

An old couple travel to Mumbai in search of their grandson, Pona, their only living kin, when he goes missing suddenly during the 26/11 terror attack.

#Baandhon (2012, Assamese) by #JahnuBarua.

Link:

Transition of an entire village from that slaughtered thousands of Amur Falcons, who fly from Siberia to roost in Pangti, a Lotha Naga village in Nagaland, to becoming their most fervent preservationists.

#ThePangtiStory (2017, Lotha) by #SesinoYhoshü.

Story of Jahnu's resilient journey to being Jahnavi, a transwoman, standing against the tide to be herself.

#Fireflies : #JonakiPorua (2019, Assamese) by #PrakashDeka.

Available on @MovieSaints for ₹99.

Link: moviesaints.com/movie/jonaki-p…

Documentary short based on Ranju Hazarika - a popular pulp fiction writer in Assam, writing relentlessly in Assamese since the 1970s.

#RahashyarBitchaku (2014, Assamese) by #AltafMazid.

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To be continued..

Thank you for the all the inputs and suggestions.

Continuing with the thread..

#LocalKungFu (2013) by @kennybasumatary - revolves around Charlie, "an ordinary boy from Guwahati with a delicate stomach", his girlfriend and a number of madcap characters such as a wannabe local don and a thief who is rumoured to roam naked.

Streaming FREE on @RD_ReelDrama.

#LocalKungFu2 (2017) by @kennybasumatary, an action adaptation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors with a twist One pair of twins - the pair who grew up in Guwahati - knows fighting, whereas the other pair - from Tezpur - don't.

Streaming on @RD_ReelDrama.

Friends from Northeast India prepare a pungent delicacy for a wedding celebration, sparking conflict and comedy with their unaccustomed new neighbours in Delhi.

#Axone / #Akhuni (2020) by #NicholasKharkongor.

Streaming on @NetflixIndia and @PrimeVideoIN.

The story of three rural characters from diverse backgrounds – an old fisherman, a young rickshaw-puller and a young unwed mother – all of them named ‘Bokul’, as viewed by an urban young man.

#Bokul (2015, Assamese) by #ReemaBorah.

Link: moviesaints.com/movie/bokul

A documentary film on Mayong, a small cluster of villages in Assam known for its Tantrik practices and legends associated with black magic.

#Mayong : Myth / Reality (2013, Assamese) by @UtpalBorpujari.

Link:

Tripura's First Kokborok Feature Film..

#LangmaniHaduk (1993) by #RuhiDebbarma.

Link:

Manipuri Pony is often linked with the culture, history & civilization of the land. Today it's an endangered species, but all hope for its survival is not yet lost.

#ManipuriPony (2013, Manipuri) by #AribamSyamSharma.

Link:

National Award winning #HalodhiaChorayeBaodhanKhai #TheCatastrophe (1987, Assamese) by #JahnuBarua.

It also won multiple awards at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1988.

Link: (with English subtitles)

A 15 years old boy from a village of Assam gets engaged in a job of a diesel pump operator by his father to get assistance to run their BPL family.

#Orong (2004, Rabha) by #SurajKumarDuwarah.

Streaming on @RD_ReelDrama.

A journalist, travels from Mumbai to Majuli, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his friend, an activist, and unearths a web of dark secrets.

#EkhonNedekhaNodirXhipare (2012, Assamese) by #BidyutKotoky.

Available on @nfdcindia's cinemasofindia.com/movies/ekhon-n… & @JioCinema.

#SongsOfTheBlueHills (2013) by @UtpalBorpujari, a documentary feature on Naga Folk Music.

Link: (with English subtitles)

An incorruptible, no-nonsense cop highly skilled in martial arts who gets suspended for bashing up a well connected gang of traffickers.

#SuspendedInspectorBoro (2018, Assamese) by @kennybasumatary.

Streaming on @RD_ReelDrama.

#TheBrokpaTrail (2021) by #ShyamalNath, is a community-based film based on one of the last semi-nomadic pastoral communities surviving in the high Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh known as the 'Brokpa'.

Link:

A forest ranger confronts illegal timber merchants and contractors on behalf of the impoverished tribal people.

#Banani (1990, Assamese) by #JahnuBarua.

Link: (with English subtitles)

Set in 1962, the time of Sino-India war. A widowed teacher Ritu is transferred to Koronga, a small Assamese village. She rebuilds the school and starts campaigning among the villagers.

#Firingoti (1992, Assamese) by #JahnuBarua.

Link: (with English subs)

Life seems to be sailing for a boatman smoothly until he hears news about a bridge that is soon to be built over the river.

#XagoroloiBohudoor (1995, Assamese) by #JahnuBarua.

Link:
(With English subtitles)

#KonikarRamdhenu (2003, Assamese) by #JahnuBarua.

Link: (with English subtitles)

#DrBezbaruah (1969, Assamese) by #BrojenBarua, the first Assamese thriller film.

Link: (a not so great print with no subtitles)

Explores the precarious lives of fisherfolk who live on floating biomass heaps on the Loktak lake in Manipur.

#Phum (2014) by #HaobamPabanKumar.

Buy here (for ₹100) filmsdivision.org/shop/phum-shang

The life and achievements of HIV-positive bodybuilder K. Pradipkumar, who won the Mr Manipur title in 2007 and several other laurels in other competitions at national levels.

#MrIndia (2009) by #HaobamPabanKumar.

Streaming on @mubiindia.

#SoccerQueensOfRani by @UtpalBorpujari, a documentary short based on the inspirational story of 40 girls playing football in the interiors of Assam.

Link:

Victim of wrongdoings of the patriarchal society, will Torali be able to break free?

#Antareen (2017, Assamese) by #MonjulBaruah.

Streaming on @ErosNow & @JioCinema.

After Nayan moves out of town in search of employment, his friends, Manab, Tapan and Akan struggle to prove their innocence when they are arrested by the police as terror suspects.

#MonJaai (2008, Assamese) by #MoirangthemManiramSingha.

Link: (Eng subs)

A young carefree girl from Majuli, finds herself at the center of some mysterious deaths after which she is socially considered a jinx.

#BornodiBhotiai (2019, Assamese) by @anupamkb.

Streaming on @RD_ReelDrama.