This is a list of Assamese language films produced by the film industry of Assam, India based in Guwahati and publicly released in the year 2019. Premiere shows and film festival screenings are not considered as releases for this list. [1] [2]
Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Note | CBFC | Ref. |
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3 January | Janaknandini | Amitav Borah | Gunjan Bhardwaj, Nandinee Kashyap, Arun Nath, Madhurima Chaudury, Rupam Baruah, Goutam Bora, Gauranga Bordoloi | [3] | ||
24 January | Goru | Himanshu Prasad Das | Chandan Das, Lonishri Das, Kamal Lochan, Pranjal Saikia, Arun Nath, Baharul Islam, Pakeeza Begum | [4] | ||
21 August | Avataran | Tarunabh Dutta | Pranjal Saikia,Purnima Saikia, Rimpi Das, Saurabh Hazarika, Samir Ranjan, Reema Begam, Devyam Seal, Govinda Malakar, Jyoti Thakuria, Rittick Sharma Tamuli, Nilakshi Deka, Jyoti Shankar Sharma, Ronit Raj, Sangeeta Pachani, Vishal Pratim Chaliha | [5] | ||
23 October | AVR | Arindam Sharma | Arnab Ayan, Ajay Barman, Niha Rani Das, Bikash Borah, Nilutpal Borah,etc | [6] |
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Anuradha is an Assamese language drama film directed by Rakesh Sharma and starring Meghranjani and Diganta Hazarika in the lead roles. The film was produced by Luit Kumar Barman under the banner of M L Entertainment and Cine Dream Unlimited, and released on 27 March 2015.
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Pratighaat is an Indian Assamese language action drama and romance film directed by Achinta Shankar, written by Rajdweep and produced by Narendra N Sinha and Nalini Roy Gayari. The film has been released under the banner of Issue Production and distributed by Norman Studio Works. The film features Amrita Gogoi and Diganta Hazarika in lead roles while Ashramika Saikia as child artist. It is scheduled to release on 6 December 2019
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Emuthi Puthi is an Assamese-language film directed by Kulanandini Mahanta which premiered on June 17, 2022. The film stars Neetali Das, Srishti Sharma and Pratibha Choudhury in leading roles. It received the Best Feature Film Award for Assamese language at the National Film Awards.