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“Daaru diye daaru diye band bottlee Ni tenu peenge naseeban vaale” (O closed bottle of alcohol, The people of good destinies would drink you) This is what one of my classmates was singing during the recess. I asked him, “Is this a real song?,” to which he replied, “Obviously.” I was stunned. When I returned home, I listened to the complete song and came across many others with similar, horrendous lyrics. It was mortifying when I myself began enjoying these songs.
The recent rainfall has inundated the Brahmaputra valley, leaving a death count of over 50. The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level, and in total, over 21 lakh people are affected. Dhemaji and Barpeta districts are among the worst affected districts, and 45,000 hectares of agricultural land is damaged. Yet, when we talk about floods in Assam, the discourse is limited to the economical or ecological cost of it.
To say movies representing the Northeast of India in Bollywood are less would be an understatement; they are almost non-existent. This is where Axone come off as a nouveau approach in modern Indian cinema. The movie, directed by Nicholas Kharkongor, depicts the everyday ordeal of Northeast people in Indian metros. The movie, its storyline, its approach, is something which has not been done before in the Indian movie scene.
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