''Jeevan Baator Logori'' is a 2009 Indian

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directed by Timothy Das Hanche under the banner Hills Motion Pictures Association of

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. The film is set in the rural and urban areas of

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and shot at

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on the 35mm format.

Synopsis

The film shows the journey of a young man from his college days to his professional life as a businessman. Problems like unemployment and agricultural underproduction comes as subplots. ''Jeevan Baator Logori'' focuses on some significant aspects of our society like chaotic education system, young generation becoming self-reliant through agriculture or through proper acquisition of some other benevolent schemes. It carries a strong message for the young generation to preserve and uplift the traditional values while accepting modernity.

Plot

Pabitra Baruah is a principal of a high school. He is living a happy and contented life with his caring wife Prafulli and a pair of studious twin children Pritom and Tarali. As a leading villager, Pabitra always stands for the moral values in running the school affairs as well as his daily life. Pritom and Tarali, as expected, top their

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and leave for

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for higher studies. But the proud parents do not realise that their children left them forever. In due course, Pritom completes his studies and goes to the U.S. on a company scholarshop. On returning he joins a MNC in

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, marries the daughter of his boss and settles down there. Torali, too, after completion of her higher studies in the U.S., marries an American and settles there. Both of them are so busy and preoccupied with their own lives they even could not come back home at the death of their mother. Dinanath Bora is a farmer with his teacher wife Nirmali and children Mohen and Malati. He possesses strong faith and believes in work culture and is always busy with his agricultural activities. The only thing the couple is worried about is their children's negligence towards studies. Mohen is always busy rehearsing his

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and Malati with singing and dancing around with her folks. The children fail their

. But the parents shows them other fruitful means to shape their lives. Mohan with a financial loan buys a tractor and gets fully involved in agricultural activities. Malati with other girls from the village forms a financial self-help group, undergoes training on fruit processing and preservation and opens up a big shop of pickle, jam, jelly and other food materials, etc. in the village. For Pabitra Barua, the neighboring people become the source of succour and an integral part for the rest of his life.

Reception

The film was released through satellite using

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technology simultaneously in 25 theatres in Assam. Its box office success came as a refreshing change for the film industry, which had not seen a commercial success for a long time. On 15 November 2009, at 3 pm, the film was screened at Xankardev Bhawan, Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi.

Cast

Nipon Goswami Nipon Goswami (3 September 1942 – 27 October 2022) was an Indian actor and theatre artist associated with Assamese-language films. He was one of the veteran actors of Assamese Film Industry. He started his acting career as a stage actor and ...

Bishnu Kharghoria Bishnu Kharghoria is an Indian actor from Assam. He has acted in many Assamese movies and dramas. Filmography * Bristi (1974) * Sandhya Raag (1977) * Kallol (1978) * Kolahal (1989) * Bonani (1990) * Firingoti (1992) * Rickshawala (1993) * X ...

*Arun Nath *

Moloya Goswami Moloya Goswami is an Indian actress who works in Assamese cinema. In the 39th National Film Awards 1992, she won the Best Actress award for her performance in the '' Firingoti''. Personal life Moloya married Pradip Goswami in 1981. The coupl ...

*Beauty Baruah *Hiranya Deka *Atul Pasani *

Kopil Bora Kopil Bora ( as, কপিল বৰা) is an Assamese actor, anchor and All India Radio voice artist. He debuted in Bidyut Chakravarty's 2002 Assamese film ''Gun Gun Gane Gane'' and known for his performance in ''Mon'' (2002), ''Ahir Bhairav ...

Parineeta Borthakur Parineeta Borthakur is an Indian film and television actress and singer from Assam. She is known for playing Sharmishta Bose in ''Swaragini'', Anjana Hooda in '' Bepannah'' and Ganga Shiv Gupta in ''Gupta Brothers''. Her younger sister Plabita ...

*Suchandra Chandra *Raag Oinitom *Shyamanitka Sarma *

Asha Bordoloi Asha Bordoloi is an Assamese cinema, Assamese film actress from Assam, India. She has acted in a number of Assamese cinema, Assamese movies and stage dramas. She is best known for her role ''Malati'' in the National Film Award for Best Feature ...

*Devananda Saikia *Kishore Choudhury *Dilip Goswami *Rup Goswami *Julen Bhuyan *Dudul Baishya *

Mahika Sharma Mahika Sharma is an Indian actress. She won a beauty pageant, becoming the Miss Teen Northeast. She has also appeared in Indian television serials. Sharma has appeared in television show F.I.R. (TV series) and Bollywood movie Mr Joe B. Carval ...

*Narendra Chandra Sutradhar *Dinesh Das (guest appearance) *Ananya Pasani (guest appearance)

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