Aideu

Aideu
Directed by Arup Manna
Produced by Nabamika Barthakur
Starring Aideu Handique,
Chandana Sarmah
Nabamika Borthakur
Sopunti Bordoloi
Music by Manash Hazarika
Cinematography Arup Manaa
Production
company
Trinayon Media Foundation, Nagaon
Release date
 8 February 2007
Running time
 81 Minutes
Country India
Language Assamese
Budget 16 lakh

Aideu (Behind the Screen) (Assamese: আইদেউ) is an Assamese film produced by the Nagaon-based organization Trinayan Media Foundation and directed by Arup Manna. It was released at the Mumbai International Film Festival on 8 February 2007[1] and screened at the Pune International Film Festival, Delhi Habitat Film Fest and the 25th Munich International Film Festival.[1] The film was shot in 16 mm format with a modest budget of Rs 1,600,000.[2]

Plot

The film concerns the tragic life and times of the first actress in Assamese cinema, Aideu Handique. Handique made her debut in the 1935 film Joymoti. She died in 2002.[1]

Cast

  • Aideu Handique as herself
  • Prasanta Kumara Das as Jyotiprasad Agarwala
  • Chandana Sarmah as Aideu Handique
  • Nabamika Borthakur as Aideu's mother
  • Sopunti Bordoloi as Dimbo Gohain
  • Pithuraj Goswami as Keshab, younger brother of Aideu

Awards

Aideu was nominated for and would go on to receive Best Feature Film in Assamese at the 54th National Film Awards in India.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aideu, the story of Assam's first actress". Indian Express. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Santanava Hazarika. "Reel Reality". bipuljyoti.in. Retrieved 15 April 2013.


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