Updated On: 15 October, 2013 08:15 AM IST | | Kanika Sharma
With many must-watch films vying for attention at the upcoming 15th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival, Kanika Sharma speaks to Jahnu Barua, the steely filmmaker who refuses to lose steam from Assam; and Sange Dorjee, the talented moviemaker from Arunachal Pradesh, as they tell you why it's crucial to see the Northeast as a multi-sided narrative
One can only trust a man like Jahnu Barua to put the Sahitya Akademi award-winner Ashirbador Rang in theatres and the all-encompassing limelight of Google. An adaptation of the same is Barua’s forthcoming film, Ajeyo (Invincible) that is going to be screened at the 15th Mumbai Film Festival. It is based on Arun Sarma’s critically regarded novel. “The film occurs during the independence struggle in Assam as seen through the protagonist, Gojen Keot who at that time comprises the Assamese youth, is a participant in the movement for independence and expects something like a golden country at that point,” informsu00a0the sexagenarian.

Ajeyo (Invincible) is Jahnu Barua’s forthcoming film