<p>Directed by debutant Bidyut Kotoky, the double-version film in Assamese and Hindi is among five films being heavily promoted by producers, the National Film Development Corporation at the Cannes Marche de Film (market section).<br /><br />The film, titled As The River Flows/Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xipaare (literally meaning “across the unseen river”), is currently under post-production and expected to be ready for release by around September-October. <br /><br />Kotoky, who hails from Assam, says the film was inspired by the Sanjoy Ghose incident but has nothing to do with it directly. “It is more a story about all the people who have gone missing in conflict zones all over the world,” he says. The director, who had won a special mention at the 53rd National Film Awards for his documentary on travelling commercial theatre groups in Assam titled Bhraimoman Theatre — Where Othello Sails with Titanic, has highlighted a provision of the Indian Penal Code, according to which a person gone missing cannot be declared dead before seven years.<br /><br />The film has been extensively shot in Assam and will be a vehicle to project the Vaishnavaite and tribal culture and lifestyle of the region, says Kotoky.</p>
<p>Directed by debutant Bidyut Kotoky, the double-version film in Assamese and Hindi is among five films being heavily promoted by producers, the National Film Development Corporation at the Cannes Marche de Film (market section).<br /><br />The film, titled As The River Flows/Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xipaare (literally meaning “across the unseen river”), is currently under post-production and expected to be ready for release by around September-October. <br /><br />Kotoky, who hails from Assam, says the film was inspired by the Sanjoy Ghose incident but has nothing to do with it directly. “It is more a story about all the people who have gone missing in conflict zones all over the world,” he says. The director, who had won a special mention at the 53rd National Film Awards for his documentary on travelling commercial theatre groups in Assam titled Bhraimoman Theatre — Where Othello Sails with Titanic, has highlighted a provision of the Indian Penal Code, according to which a person gone missing cannot be declared dead before seven years.<br /><br />The film has been extensively shot in Assam and will be a vehicle to project the Vaishnavaite and tribal culture and lifestyle of the region, says Kotoky.</p>
