Mon Jaai

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Mon Jaai
Mon jai film poster.jpg
Film poster of Mon Jaai
Directed by Moirangthem Maniram
Written byMoirangthem Maniram
Produced byMoirangthem Maniram
Deepankar Dutta
Starring Zubeen Garg
Pabitra Margherita
Gyanendra Pallab
Nabadeep Borgohain
Nishita Goswami
Rimpi Das
CinematographySuman Duwarah
Edited byGautam Ghosh
Music byZubeen Garg
Distributed byMoirangthem Movies
Release date
  • 12 September 2008 (2008-09-12)
Running time
178 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Assamese

Mon Jaai (English: I feel like) is a 2008 Assamese language drama film directed by Moirangthem Maniram. The film is about the life of four unemployed educated youths from lower-middle-class families of Tinsukia, Assam who are entangled by their own misfortunes. [1] [2] [3] [4] The film is among 20 outstanding feature films of the country selected for Indian Panorama 2008 and shown in the 39th International Film Festival of India 2008 in Goa held from 22 November to 2 December. [1] [2]

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Plot

Manab (Zubeen Garg), Nayan (Pabitra Margherita), Tapan (Gyanendra Pallab) and Akan (Nabadeep Borgohain) are four unemployed educated youths from lower-middle-class families of Tinsukia. [1] [2] When his father dies, Nayan leaves home to work with an uncle in a distant township. [1] One day the trio - Manab, Tapan and Akan are rounded up by police as terror suspects. Although they are bailed out three days later, that incident left them with a terror stamp that stands in their way of getting a clean job. This led them to indulge illegal activities. [1] [2] [3] They hatch a plan for easy money and accordingly kidnap a businessman. But being amateurs, they end up killing the hostage. This create a huge furore but no one suspects the three youths because of their otherwise clean record and family background. The insurgent groups, however, deny their any involvement in the incident. With the passage of time the incidents is forgotten but the repentant trio, though, cannot escape pangs of conscience. One day, Manab's father chances upon Manab's share of the ransom money and learns about his son's involvement in the kidnap-death. [1] [3] This shocks him to such an extent that he disowns his only son and forbids him to even light his pyre. Once again their conscience is stricken. They know they can never forgive themselves. In the meantime Nayan, a well off, arrives from Guwahati and tell them not to indulge in any illegal activities. Nayan, with all his conviction and sincerity, becomes an Assam Civil Service officer and is serving as the Sub-Divisional Officer in Tinsukia. [1]

Manab, unable to withstand the sight of his parents and sister leaves home. He travels till he reaches a monastery and devotes himself to service of the people. Tapan, being more aggressive, unwittingly gets involved with an anti-social racket and dies in a police encounter. Akan marries his girlfriend-Sewali [1] [3] and becomes the father of two kids [1] He starts a business but it goes down and he loses his mental balance. [3]

The film thus revolves around how they go about their lives in spite of their mistakes and highlights many issues plaguing Assam like corruption, terrorism, Bangladeshis etc. [1] [2]

Characters

Cast

Soundtrack

Mon Jaai
Soundtrack album by
Zubeen Garg
Released16 May 2008
Recorded2007–2008
Genre Feature film Soundtrack
Producer Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg chronology
Echoes of Silences
(2007)		Mon Jaai
(2008)		Kache Acho Tumi
(2010)
Track List
No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Mon Jaai"Zubeen Garg Zubeen Garg 04:59
2."Dheere Dheere"Zubeen Garg Zubeen Garg 04:53
3."Anurag Etiya" Zubeen Garg04:43
4."Mon Jaai" (Extended Version) Zubeen Garg12:20

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References

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