GUWAHATI: 'Handook', a film by young Assamese director
Jaicheng Jai Dohutia, has been selected for screening at the Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
The film, based on a true story about insurgency, will also compete in the 'international competition' category at the festival that begins from October 20.
"It's a great thing to happen for the entire team of 'Handook' and for the state. Our film has been selected from more than 170 films from across the country," Dohutia said.
'Handook', made under
Mayamara Productions
, is one of 11 films that will be screened in the 'India Gold' segment of the festival. 'Handook', which means 'a hidden corner', depicts the plight of Heramoni, mother of extremist
Mukti
who goes missing. When the bullet-riddled body of a rebel is found,
Heramoni
performs funeral rituals, only to be told that the body may not be Mukti's.
"I read the story around nine years ago and wanted to make it into a film," the director said.
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