Kokborok Cinema

Kokborok Cinema
A glimpse of Kokborok film production in Tripura
No. of screens2
Main distributorsSSR Cinemas Pvt. Ltd.[1]
Shine Film Production
King Films Production

Kokborok Cinema refers to the Kokborok language film industry in Tripura, India and among the Tripuri people. Tripura's Kokborok film industry began in 1986 with Longtharai (1986) directed by Dipak Bhattacharya adapted from Bimal Sinha's novel Karachi theke Longtharai depicting the struggle-ridden life of jhum cultivators in the rural hills of Longtharai followed by the Kokborok film Langmani Haduk (1993) directed by Ruhi Debbarma can be read as a critique of the modern regime.[2][3] The Kokborok film Mathia (2004) directed by Joseph Pulinthanath, is the first International Award-winning Kokborok film.[4][5]

  1. ^ "SSR Cinemas PVT. Ltd".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Barma, Aloy Deb (2024). "Talking Back through Peripheral Visions and Negotiating Identity: Kokborok and Bengali Films and Music Videos in Tripura". Journal of Film and Video. 76 (2): 33–48. ISSN 1934-6018 – via Project MUSE.
  4. ^ "Mathia becomes first Kokborok film to bag International Award". Zee News. 3 June 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  5. ^ Matta, Mara (2016). "Multilingualism and Indigenous Cinema in Northeast India: The Case of Kokborok Language Films". The Multilingual Screen. doi:10.5040/9781501302848.ch-017.

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