The Brahmaputra on Screen

ৰূপালী পৰ্দাত বৰ লুইত

Published

Nine films shaped by the Brahmaputra, its islands, ferries, tributaries, floods and riverine communities.

The Brahmaputra is more than a landscape in Assamese cinema. It provides livelihoods, separates communities, destroys homes, carries memories and reshapes the lives of those living beside it. These nine films move through boats and bridges, Majuli and the chars, recurring floods and river-driven displacement. Together, they reveal how deeply Assam’s cinema is connected to its great river and the many lives within its vast river system.

Films in this collection

9 films

A Mising boatman collecting driftwood from the Brahmaputra moves through hardship, family conflict and loss as the river shapes his entire life.

2022

Bridge

ব্ৰিজ

A teenage girl living beside a flood-prone Brahmaputra tributary confronts isolation, displacement and the absence of basic infrastructure.

Year TBA

Hiraeth

হিৰাইথ

After a devastating flood destroys her village life, a woman is forced toward the city, carrying with her grief, inequality and an aching desire for home.