| Hagramayao Jinahari | |
| Director: | Jwngdao Bodosa |
| Story: | Jwngdao Bodosa |
| Producer: | Jwngdao Bodosa |
| Starring: | Tikendrajit Narzary Onjali Basumatary |
| Cinematography: | Jwngdao Bodosa |
| Editing: | Jwngdao Bodosa |
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| Distributors: | --> |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Bodo |
Hagramayao Jinahari (known internationally as Rape in The Virgin Forest) is a 1995 Indian Bodo-language drama film directed by Jwngdao Bodosa.[1] The film starred Tikendrajit Narzary and Onjali Basumatary.[2] The film was screened at the India International Centre, Delhi in the 1990s.[3] This film was notably the first Bodo-language film to be screened at the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India.[4] [5]
The film was a box office success,[6] and it won the National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation.[3] After this film, Onjali Basumatary married Jwngdao Bodosa.[3] The film is not available online.[3]
Set in the Kokrajhar district,[3] the film is about the Indian government's apathy to deforestation.[7] [8]
S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote that "Tikendrajit Narzary as the wood cutter and Onjali Basumatary as his daughter have acted convincingly".[5]