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Yugadrashta: The Visionary (Assamese: যুগদ্ৰষ্টা) is an Assamese language short film based on the life of reformer and freedom fighter Pitambar Deva Goswami starring Moon Borkotoky, directed by DGP of Assam Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta and produced by Swapnali Mahanta.[1]

Yugadrashta: The Visionary
Directed byBhaskar Jyoti Mahanta
Written byBhaskar Jyoti Mahanta
Story byBhaskar Jyoti Mahanta
Based onPitambar Deva Goswami
Produced bySwapnali Mahanta
StarringMoon Borkotoky
Haridev Goswami
Guna Mahanta
CinematographySuman Duwarah
Music byAnurag Saikia
CountryIndia
LanguageAssamese

Plot


The film begins with the return by boat of Goswami and his secretary-biographer, Gangadhar Hazarika, to his home in Majuli from EID Majlis in 1956. He was the only Satra leader to attend. They discuss the 1914 ordination ceremony of Pitambardev as Sattradhikar of the Garmur Satra, the monastery of a celibate order in Majuli. The ceremony and the heritage of the Satra tradition appear in flashback. They agree that society's rules are not ordained by God, and a person's worth should be judged by their sense of justice.

Goswami, who reformed his order's celibacy, is portrayed as a man fighting with himself. His most active period was during the 1920s, when he introduced several reforms and opposed the British colonial tax structure. Goswami's disagreement with H. W. Phriel, deputy commissioner of Sivasagar District, at a meeting where he appealed to the public not to pay taxes ended with the commissioner laying his gun at Goswami's feet as a gesture of respect. His attention to the Mishing people and Keot/Kaibarta is interspersed with his intolerance of racial discrimination. Although Goswami heads a conservative institution, he is undeterred by social castigation as a result of his views on the emancipation of women through education and widow remarriage. His activity in the Quit India Movement drives Harold Dennehy, Chief Secretary of Assam in 1943, ordering his arrest and detention outside the state.

The film flashes back to Goswami opening schools in the Mikir Hills of Karbi Anglong district, despite failing health, and his introduction of women's theatre and dance. It ends at daybreak, when Goswami spells out his dream of an Assam in which the Bodo, the Mishing, the Keot/Kaibarta, and the Muslims live in harmony.[1]


Cast



Awards


Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (right) and Swapnali Mahanta (center) at the Delhi International Film Festival
Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (right) and Swapnali Mahanta (center) at the Delhi International Film Festival

References


  1. Das, Partha Jyoti. "Spirit of reform". The Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  2. "Result". Delhi Shorts International Film Festival. Retrieved 3 May 2015.






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