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Piyoli Phukan (1955)
National Film Archive of India
Pune, India
The film produces a fictional narrative of the life of Piyoli Phukan, the son Badan Borphukan from Assam. It takes the narrative to the first half of 19th century when a bitter struggle was waged between Indian aristocracy and the East India Company.
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- Title: Piyoli Phukan (1955)
- Location: India
- Type: Publicity Material
- Contributor: National Film Archive of India
- Story: Piyoli on crutch was the first to organise a peoples' uprising against the British after the Treaty of Yandabo which ceded Assam to them. Piyoli planned to blow up a British armoury. After a farcical trial, Piyoli was hanged on July 26 1830. The film interestingly blends Assamese nationalism with a pan-Indian patriotic impulse.
- Sound: Gour Das
- Script: Phani Sharma
- Screenplay: Phani Sharma
- Producer: Rupjyoti Productions/ Gama Prasad Agarwala
- Music: Bhupen Hazarika
- Lyrics: Bhupen Hazarika
- Language: Assamese
- Editing: Kamal Ganguly
- Director: Phani Sharma
- Dialogue: Phani Sharma
- Cinematography: Subodh Bandopadhyay
- Cast: Phani Sharma, Hiren Choudhury, Ramesh Sharma, Chandra Goswami, Durga Goswami
- Art: Panchu Chakrabarty
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