Laugh Out Loud: Assamese Comedy Favourites

Bhupen Hazarika turns the frustrations and absurdities of filmmaking into an affectionate satire on the Assamese film industry.

A refined social comedy drawn from everyday relationships, remembered for its wit and humour without relying on loud or crude jokes.

A warm family favourite whose intergenerational relationships, playful situations and memorable characters continue to charm Assamese audiences.

A cult independent comedy combining deadpan Assamese humour, eccentric Guwahati characters and inventive homemade martial-arts action.

The arrival of a black-and-white television sends an entire village into a wonderfully observed comedy about curiosity, status and social change.

Shakespearean mistaken identity, two pairs of twins, gangsters and kung fu come together in an ambitious and energetic action comedy.

A missing cow turns an ordinary disagreement into escalating social absurdity in this sharp satire on ownership, identity and public behaviour.

Unemployment, romance, troublesome friends and martial-arts chaos create a fast, funny and recognisably local portrait of contemporary Guwahati.

Four financially struggling friends pursue a dangerous shortcut to success in a dark comedy grounded in friendship, frustration and everyday Assamese life.

Four friends dreaming of escaping poverty find their farming plans tangled in crime, confusion and escalating trouble in this ensemble comedy.