GUWAHATI, April 27 – The Cine Revival and Development Association of Assam (CRADAA), formed with an aim to revive the Assamese film industry, today organised a meeting with film exhibitors, to ensure their participation for strengthening its movement. The meet was attended by majority of film exhibitors from across the State, and most of them also took the membership of CRADAA. “This is for the first time in the State that the film exhibitors have come together with the film directors, producers, technicians and actors on a common platform for the revival of Assamese cinema,” said Amarjyoti Deka, assistant general secretary of the association.
“Many film exhibitors, who could not participate in the programme, expressed their consensus with our plan of action, over the phone. In the meeting, we discussed the plan proposal, which has already been submitted to the State government,” he added.
The meeting was organized at Rudra Baruah Auditorium of the Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio, Kahilipara.
The CRADAA president Munin Barua, while addressing the meet said that the revival of Assamese cinema would not be complete without the revival of the cinema halls of the State, which are in a very bad condition now.
The project was read out to the audience by Bani Das, general secretary of the association.
The project, submitted to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, has proposed that the State government should invest around Rs 30 crore to revive the Assamese film industry. The association is of belief that such an investment will bring back multiple returns to both the State government and the film fraternity of Assam. It also advocated that Jyoti Chitraban should be developed as the nodal agency of Assamese film industry, equipping it with ultra-modern film-making facilities.
Another point highlighted by the association in its proposal is that the Assam Amusement and Betting Tax Act, 2007 should be immediately amended to make way for revisions that would encourage Assam’s filmmaker to make Assamese films.
“As Assam enters the age of digital cinema, a few technical words should be included in any policy that the government may formulate on cinema halls. These words would bring about an essential distinction between video and cinema, making way for healthy growth of both segments of the entertainment industry,” the proposal mentioned.
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