Papori | |
Director: | Jahnu Barua |
Producer: | Sailadhar Baruah |
Starring: | Gopi Desai Biju Phukan Sushil Goswami Chetana Das Dulal Roy |
Music: | Satya Baruah P. P. Vidyanathan |
Cinematography: | Binod Pradhan |
Studio: | Dolphin Films Pvt. Ltd |
Runtime: | 144 minutes |
Country: | India |
Language: | Assamese |
Papori is a 1986 Indian Assamese language feature film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film stars Gopi Desai, Biju Phukan, Sushil Goswami, Chetana Das and Dulal Roy. The film was released in 1986.[1]
The film is set in the political background of the Assam agitation during the 1983 election. It is a story about Papori whose husband Binod is falsely arrested for her murder. A smuggler rapes Papori and her husband is convicted of it. Phukan, a police inspector finds the true murderer but cannot arrest him because the killer enjoys political protection. During this time, her daughter ends up in the hospital, where she eventually dies.