Indramalati
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Directed by	Jyotiprasad Agarwala
Produced by	Jyotiprasad Agarwala
Written by	Jyotiprasad Agarwala
Starring	Phani Sarma
Music by	Jyotiprasad Agarwala Bhupen Hazarika
Cinematography	Jyotiprasad Agarwala
Editing by	Jyotiprasad Agarwala
Distributed by	Chitralekha Movietone
Release date(s)	1939
Country	India
Language	Assamese
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Indramalati is the second ever Assamese language film, directed by Assam poet Jyotiprasad Agarwala. It was released in 1939. Bhupen Hazarika is a multi-faceted artist from Assam, a state in the north-eastern part of India. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Assamese (অসমীয়া) or Asamiya is the language spoken by some of the natives of the state of Assam in northeast India. ... Assamese ( ) (IPA: ) is a language spoken in the state of Assam in northeast India. ... // Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as the greatest year in film history (see below: 1939 in film#Films released in 1939, for a list with over 20 classics). ...

Background

Director Jyotiprasad faced a major financial crisis after his first film Joymoti (1935) failed to succeed commercially. He spent more than Rs 50,000 and was in debt in the late 1930s, and was fortunate to be able to gather together just Rs 15,000 to make his dream of making a second film come true. Desperately seeking to compensate the loss he incurred in the making of Joymoti, he began shooting Indramalati in late 1937. This time, however, he did not use his Chitraban Studio for the outdoor shoot. Instead, he chose the ‘Talbari’ of his family, at Harigaon, two kilometres from Tezpur Mission Chariali. Within seven days, Jyotiprasad completed the outdoor shooting for the picture and often the camera was kept at a fixed point as the sets and artistes kept changing the angles. The film used over 15,000 feet of film reel.

On release in 1939 it was relatively successful, earning in excession of Joymati, aiding Jyotiprasad to go on to direct other films afterwards.

Story

Jyotiprasad Agarwala wrote the story of Indramalati, which was a tale of romance. The name of the hero was Indrajit while Malati was the name of the heroine. And significantly, Jyotiprasad was the first filmmaker to introduce the style of movie-making by using the names of the lead pair.

The role of the hero was played by Manoviram Baruah while Raseswari Baruah (Hazarika) was cast as Malati. Acclaimed theatre actor Phani Sarma was again drafted in to play one of the significant roles, that of Indrajit’s friend. Even musician Dr Bhupen Hazarika acted in the film and sang Biswa Bijoyee Navajowan at only aged 13. Unlike casting for his first filmi, Jyotiprasad faced comparatively less trouble in finding actors for Indramalati.

There were only nine major roles in Indramalati, and besides Manoviram Barua and Raseswari Baruah, the others were Phani Sarma, Thanuram Bora, Lalit Mohan Choudhury, Khargeswar Agarwalla, Kashi Saikia, Bedananda Sarma and Bhupen Hazarika. Other actors who were also in the film included the Rupkonwar himself, Jnanaviram Barua, Mani Lahiri, etc.

Filming and production

After the casting and seven day out door shoot, the eight-member film unit left for Kolkata where they would shoot for the indoor locations. Sets were built in Arora Studio, Narkeldanga, where all the indoor shooting was done. An amazingly short three-day shooting schedule at Arora Studio was followed by the artistes, working hard round the clock.   (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly  ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...

Indramalati was produced once again under the banner of ‘Chitralekha Movietone’ and very much a solo effort in that Jyotiprasad Agarwalla was the director, screenwriter, lyricist, music director, art director, costume designer and editor for the film. Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... The term art director, is an overall title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ...

No artistes of Indramalati, like Joymoti, took remuneration. They even participated in the shooting wearing their own clothes. In some scenes, the costumes even failed to maintain the continuity. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

See also

• Joymati (1935)

External links

• Indramalati at the Internet Movie Database
• Jyoti Prasad Agarwala and his films, from
• http://geocities.com/bipuljyoti/cinema/indramalati.html

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References

Cinema of India Assamese • Bengal • Bollywood  • Karnataka  • Kollywood  • Malayalam  •Tollywood

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