GUWAHATI: After creating ripples and winning the top prize in Bengaluru International Short Film Festival 2022 in the Indian Competition Section Assamese short film Mur Ghurar Duronto Goti-The Horse from Heaven is now set to compete in Best Live Action Short Film Category.
Mur Ghurar Duronto Goti-The Horse from Heaven becomes the second Assamese film to be nominated to the coveted Academy Awards after 'Village Rockstars' which was nominated in The Best Foreign Language Film and was India's official entry to the Awards.
The short film Mur Ghurar Duronto Goti-The Horse from Heaven featuring Veteran Assamese actor Atul Pachani revolves around the topic of absurdist belief and how it can lead to religious fervor. The short film also uses Assam's folk dance Ojapali which will give the dance some international acclaim.
The director of the film Maharshi Tuhin Kashyap in a statement said, "It feels like a dream. Even though I don't think an award can ever validate any piece of 'art' or 'non-art', the Oscar is still a dream I haven't given up on since I first realized I wanted to be a filmmaker in Class 8".
The process of elevating a donkey and putting it on a divine pedestal where the neighbors start desiring the animal provides humor and also at the same time mocks our society which would take anything on its face value of it and not try to see the sense of it.
The protagonist of the film Kuxhol who is played by Atul Pachani and his interactions with those around him in the film will surely be loved by the viewers.
Earlier, the film was also screened at the Cineteca Nacional Museum in Mexico City and Kolkata International Film Festival.
The director of the film Tuhin Kashyap has also written the scripts for two feature films Boroxun-Songs of Rain (2021) and Bulu Film (2022). He also has directed another short film- Poetry of Whispers (Kaan Phus Phusot Phus Phusoni) (2019) and a documentary Water Water Everywhere (2020).
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