Chakma cinema

Chakma cinema
Main distributorsEruk Films
Laavs Digital Industries Pvt Ltd
Laavs Media

Chakma cinema, often known as Chakwood and formerly known as Chakma film, is the Chakma language film industry based in Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The first Chakma film, Tanyabi Firti (Tanyabi's Lake), directed by Satarupa Sanyal was released on 19 July 2005.[1] Tanyabi's Lake is the first Video film to have a commercial screening at a theatre.[2] As the production of video films gained momentum, the Chakma film industry got expanded and around 3-10 films are made each year.[3] Mor Thengari is the first Bangladeshi Chakma language film telling a story for the first time in an indigenous language in Bangladesh.[4]

  1. ^ Tanyabi's Lake (2005), retrieved 8 January 2020
  2. ^ Tanyabi's Lake, retrieved 8 January 2020
  3. ^ Rare language films enthral film buffs at KIFF, retrieved 8 January 2020
  4. ^ My Bicycle, 2 April 2015, retrieved 8 January 2020

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