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Adajya
Adajya
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Directed by	Santwana Bardoloi
Written by	Santwana Bardoloi; Indira Goswami (novel)
Produced by	Santwana Bardoloi
Starring	Tom Alter; Trisha Saikia
Cinematography	Mrinalkanti Das
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Release date	1996;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	India
Language	Assamese

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Adajya (transl. The flight) is a 1996 Indian Assamese language drama film directed by Santwana Bardoloi based on the novel Dontal Haatir Uiye Khowa Haoda by Indira Goswami.^[1] The film was screened at several international film festivals.^[2]

Plot

The film is set in 1940s Assam. Three widows struggle to lead dignified lives despite the extreme restrictions mandated by law and custom. The arrival of a young American scholar, a poisonous snakebite, and the theft of ancestral jewelry combine to bring the situation of the young and beautiful widow Giribala to a painful crisis.^[3]

Cast

Tom Alter as Mark Sahib
Trisha Saikia as Giribala
Bishnu Kharghoria
Triveni Bora
Bhagirothi
Nilu Chakrabarty
Chetana Das
Indira Das
Mintu Barua

Awards

44th National Film Awards^[4]

Best Feature Film in Assamese^[5]
Best Cinematography – Mrinalkanti Das (also for Rag Birag)
National Film Award – Special Mention – Bhagirothi (also for Dolon Roy for Sanghat)

International Film Festival of India

Special Jury Award^[6]

References

^ Thakuria, Nava (10 July 2017). "Waiting with hope". The Statesman. India.
^ Thakuria, Nava (30 May 2017). "Maj Rati Keteki: Revealing an author's insight". The News Mill.
^ Pathak, Namrata; Sarma, Dibyajyoti (22 June 2022). Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond. Routledge. ISBN 9781003147015.
^ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
^ Phukan, Vikram (27 January 2018). "Maj Rati Keteki: A mirror to Assamese society". The Hindu.
^ S. R. Praveen (11 December 2016). "Back to films after a two-decade hiatus". The Hindu.

External links

Adajya at IMDb
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[1] Thakuria, Nava (10 July 2017). "Waiting with hope". The Statesman. India.

[2] Thakuria, Nava (30 May 2017). "Maj Rati Keteki: Revealing an author's insight". The News Mill.

[3] Pathak, Namrata; Sarma, Dibyajyoti (22 June 2022). Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond. Routledge. ISBN 9781003147015.

[4] "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

[5] Phukan, Vikram (27 January 2018). "Maj Rati Keteki: A mirror to Assamese society". The Hindu.

[6] S. R. Praveen (11 December 2016). "Back to films after a two-decade hiatus". The Hindu.

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-'''''Adajya''''' ({{Translation|The flight}}) is a 1996 Indian [[Assamese language]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Santwana Bardoloi]] based on the novel ''[[The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker|Dontal Haatir Uiye Khowa Haoda]]'' by [[Indira Goswami]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/waiting-with-hope-1499673117.html|title=Waiting with hope|last=Thakuria|first=Nava|date=10 July 2017|work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]}}</ref> The film was screened at several international film festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenewsmill.com/maj-rati-keteki-revealing-authors-insight/|title=Maj Rati Keteki: Revealing an author’s insight|last=Thakuria|first=Nava|work=The News Mill|date=30 May 2017}}</ref>
+'''''Adajya''''' ({{Translation|The flight}}) is a 1996 Indian [[Assamese language]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Santwana Bardoloi]] based on the novel ''[[The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker|Dontal Haatir Uiye Khowa Haoda]]'' by [[Indira Goswami]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/waiting-with-hope-1499673117.html|title=Waiting with hope|last=Thakuria|first=Nava|date=10 July 2017|work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|location=India}}</ref> The film was screened at several international film festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenewsmill.com/maj-rati-keteki-revealing-authors-insight/|title=Maj Rati Keteki: Revealing an author's insight|last=Thakuria|first=Nava|work=The News Mill|date=30 May 2017}}</ref>
 ==Plot==
-The film is set in 1940s [[Assam]]. Three widows struggle to lead dignified lives despite the extreme restrictions mandated by law and custom. The arrival of a young American scholar, a poisonous snakebite, and the theft of ancestral jewelry combine to bring the situation of the young and beautiful widow Giribala to a painful crisis.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pathak|first1=Namrata |last2=Sarma |first2=Dibyajyoti  |author-link= |date=22 June 2022 |title=Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tgJuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT188&lpg=PT188&dq=Adajya+review&source=bl&ots=wWErSUpv1p&sig=ACfU3U1Fm4mpuK6ReEACv-Huxkg-0lQrHQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiAwov22ej4AhU1k2oFHbl5C_wQ6AF6BAgaEAM#v=onepage&q=Adajya%20review&f=false|location= |publisher=[[Routledge]] |page= |isbn=9781003147015}}</ref>
+The film is set in 1940s [[Assam]]. Three widows struggle to lead dignified lives despite the extreme restrictions mandated by law and custom. The arrival of a young American scholar, a poisonous snakebite, and the theft of ancestral jewelry combine to bring the situation of the young and beautiful widow Giribala to a painful crisis.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pathak|first1=Namrata |last2=Sarma |first2=Dibyajyoti  |date=22 June 2022 |title=Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tgJuEAAAQBAJ&dq=Adajya+review&pg=PT188|publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781003147015}}</ref>
 ==Cast==
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 ;[[44th National Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
 *[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|Best Feature Film in Assamese]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/maj-rati-keteki-a-mirror-to-assamese-society/article22529503.ece|title=Maj Rati Keteki: A mirror to Assamese society|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 January 2018|last=Phukan|first=Vikram}}</ref>
-*[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] - Mrinalkanti Das (also for ''Rag Birag'')
+*[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] – Mrinalkanti Das (also for ''Rag Birag'')
-*[[National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)|National Film Award – Special Mention]] - Bhagirothi (also for [[Dolon Roy]] for ''Sanghat'')
+*[[National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)|National Film Award – Special Mention]] – Bhagirothi (also for [[Dolon Roy]] for ''Sanghat'')
 ;[[International Film Festival of India]]
 *Special Jury Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Back-to-films-after-a-two-decade-hiatus/article16792841.ece|title=Back to films after a two-decade hiatus|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=S. R. Praveen|date=11 December 2016}}</ref>
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 {{National Film Award Best Feature Film Assamese}}
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v t e IFFI Special Jury Award and Special Mention
Special Jury Award (1969–present)	Lester James Peries (4th) Mrinal Sen (4th) Sobhan Babu (4th) Santwana Bardoloi (29th) Huo Jianqi (31st) Revathi (33rd) Magdy Ahmed Aly (33rd) Subhadro Chowdhury (34th) Gennady Sidorov (35th) Tom Hooper (36th) Abu Sayeed (37th) Golam Rabanny Biplab (38th) Julia Urbini (38th) Malini Fonseka (39th) Giorgi Ovashvili (40th) Kaushik Ganguly (41st) Taika Waititi (41st) Salim Ahamed (42nd) Lucy Mulloy (43rd) Onur Ünlü (44th) Julia Vargas-Weise (46th) Lee Joon-ik (47th) Mahesh Narayanan (48th) Milko Lazarov (49th) Pema Tseden (50th) Kamen Kalev (51st) Renata Carvalho (52nd) Nikhil Mahajan (52nd) Lav Diaz (53rd) Rishab Shetty (54th) Louise Courvoisier (55th)
Special Mention (2015–present)	Goran Radovaovic (46th) Tiffany Hsiung (47th) Chezhiyan (49th) Abhishek Shah (50th) Kripal Kalita (51st) Simon Farriol (52nd) Roman Vasyanov (52nd) Praveen Kandregula (53rd)
Centenary Award (2012–2014)	Mira Nair (43rd) Kamaleshwar Mukherjee (44th) Shrihari Sathe (45th)