Completed - ASSAMESE - First film, Horror, Drama - 120 minutes
Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.
Year of production : 2015 Director(s) : Bhaskar HAZARIKA Writer(s) : Bhaskar HAZARIKA Cast : Adil HUSSAIN, Seema BISWAS, Zerifa WAHID, Kopil BORA Producer(s) : Anurupa HAZARIKA (Metanormal Motion Pictures), Utpala HAZARIKA (Metanormal Motion Pictures)
Once upon a time, 'Senehi', a woman who loathes her stepdaughter 'Tejimola', plots her murder when her husband is called away on a distant trip on business. Her husband – 'Devinath'- encounters a woman called 'Keteki' who has given birth to an outenga (elephant apple), which rolls around after her. Devinath resolves to unearth the mystery of the outenga. Meanwhile, in another village - a rich woman named 'Dhoneshwari' is getting her daughter 'Bonlotika' married to a python - a wedding that has dire consequences for the girl. As these three stories unfold, another mother - 'Malati' - resolves to save her newest born from the clutches of her husband 'Poonai' and his uncle, who have sacrificed all three of her previous babies. In doing so, she unearths a shocking truth.
Country(ies) : INDIA
Goteborg IFF 2016