1962 My Country Land Explained

Director:	Chow Partha Borgohain
Story:	Nang Tanvi Manpoong, Chow Partha Borgohain
Producer:	Marbom Mai
Starring:	Daniel Han
Cinematography:	Chow Partha Borgohain
Editing:	Amardeep Singh Khichi
Music:	Rahul Prabhakaran
Runtime:	109 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	English

1962 My Country Land is an Indian English-language film directed and written by filmmaker Chow Partha Borgohain in 2016 and produced by Living Dreams Films Productions.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The film is about the border dispute, how two nations consider reconciliation based on the 1962 Sino-Indian War.^{[5] [6]}

Plot

At the Himalayan frontiers between India and Tibet, three people engage in combat over a plot of land that is neither in China nor India. Their lives are permanently altered by the 1962 outbreak of the Indo-Sino War. Love blossoms between two, but fate separates them. The other makes a sacrifice for the two by turning against his country.^[7]

Cast

• Daniel Shin Han as Wong
• Aham Sharma as Army Lance Naik Luitya^[8]
• Lhakpa Lepcha^[9]
• Ketholeno Kense

Production

1962 My Country Land is an Indian film production. It has been made by Living Dreams Productions in Arunachal Pradesh, India.^[10]

Awards

!Year!Award!Category!Result!Ref

2016	Marche du Film	Cannes Film Festival 'OLYMPIA 07'
2022	Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival	Official Selection		^[11] ^[12] ^[13]

Reception

• Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa: The depiction of the 1962 Indo-China War and rural life in the extraordinarily harsh terrain of Arunachal Pradesh would heighten the already strong sense of patriotism among the locals and also highlight the ongoing difficulty of resolving border disputes.^[14]

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Dibrugarh filmmaker movie to premiere in Cannes International Film Festival 201600516 . 2022-10-24 . e-pao.net.
3. Web site: Borah . Pranjal . 2016-05-21 . New Assamese Film on the 1962 War ‘1962: My Country Land’ Creates Waves . 2022-10-24 . KothaSobi.com . en-US.
4. Web site: 2016-05-16 . Dibrugarh filmmaker's movie to premiere at Cannes - Sentinelassam . 2022-10-24 . www.sentinelassam.com . en.
5. Web site: ‘1962: My Country Land’ to premiere at BVFF The Dawnlit Post - Rise with the Post . 2022-10-24 . thedawnlitpost.com.
6. News: Press Trust of India . 2016-05-17 . Arunachal Guv hails '1962: My Country Land' team on Cannes . Business Standard India . 2022-10-24.
7. Web site: 2016-05-18 . Dibrugarh-Based Filmmaker’s "1962: My Country Land" to Showcased at Cannes . 2022-10-24 . www.magicalassam.com . en-US.
8. Web site: Rajamani . Radhika . 2020-08-25 . 'Emotionally it was quite challenging playing Karna' . 2022-10-24 . www.thehansindia.com . en.
9. Web site: National School of Drama Sikkim Center . 2022-10-24 . sikkim.nsd.gov.in.
10. Web site: Notes from a battle zone: Partha Borgohain talks about his movie '1962: My Country Land' . 2022-10-24 . DNA India . en.
11. Web site: jul16 23 . 2022-10-24 . www.arunachaltimes.in.
12. Web site: Service . Tribune News . When films mirrored life . 2022-10-24 . Tribuneindia News Service . en.
13. Web site: 2016-07-23 . Festival brings films of the Northeast under the spotlight . 2022-10-24 . The Sunday Guardian Live . en-US.
14. Web site: Press Trust of India . Arunachal Governor J P Rajkhowa hails ‘1962: My Country Land’ team on Cannes screening India.com . 2022-10-24 . www.india.com . en.