Hagramayao Jinahari

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Hagramayao Jinahari
Directed byJwngdao Bodosa
Story byJwngdao Bodosa
Produced byJwngdao Bodosa
StarringTikendrajit Narzary
Onjali Basumatary
CinematographyJwngdao Bodosa
Edited byJwngdao Bodosa
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
CountryIndia
LanguageBodo

Hagramayao Jinahari (known internationally as Rape in The Virgin Forest) is a 1995 Indian Bodo-language drama film directed by Jwngdao Bodosa. [1] The film starred Tikendrajit Narzary and Onjali Basumatary. [2] The film was screened at the India International Centre, Delhi in the 1990s. [3] This film was notably the first Bodo-language film to be screened at the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India. [4] [5]

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The film was a box office success, [6] and it won the National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation. [3] After this film, Onjali Basumatary married Jwngdao Bodosa. [3] The film is not available online. [3]

Plot

Set in the Kokrajhar district, [3] the film is about the Indian government's apathy to deforestation. [7] [8]

Cast

Reception

S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote that "Tikendrajit Narzary as the wood cutter and Onjali Basumatary as his daughter have acted convincingly". [5]

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