Joymoti (1935)

Joymoti or Joimoti, released on 10 March 1935, was the first Assamese film made. Based on Lakshminath Bezbaroa's play about the 17th-century Ahom princess Soti Joymoti, the film was produced and directed by the noted Assamese poet, author, and film-maker Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, and starred Aideu Handique and acclaimed stage actor and playwright Phani Sarma. The film, shot between 1933 and 1935, was released by Chitralekha Movietone in 1935 and marked the beginning of Assamese cinema.

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Cast:

• Kamala Prasad Agarwala
• Naren Bardoloi
• Phunu Barooah
• Swargajyoti Datta Barooah
• Manabhiram Barua
• Phanu Barua
• Prafulla Chandra Barua
• Pratap Barua
• Rana Barua
• Sneha Chandra Barua
• Rajen Baruah
• Lalit Mohan Choudhury
• Banamali Das
• Rajkumari Gohain
• Aideu Handique
• Putal Haque
• Shamshul Haque
• Mohini Rajkumari
• Subarnarekha Saikia
• Phani Sarma