What is Joymoti?
Joymoti Konwari, was the wife of Tai-Ahom Prince Gadapani (later Supatphaa). Gadapani and Joymoti’s son Rudra Singha had the Joysagar Tank dug at the spot where she was tortured. The first Assamese film Joymoti, directed in 1935 by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, was based on her life.
Why was Joymoti killed?
Set in 17th-century Assam, the film recounts the sacrifice of Joymoti, an Ahom princess tortured and killed by the Ahom king Borphukan for refusing to betray her husband Gadapani by disclosing his whereabouts.
What is the first Assamese film?
Jaymati
Abstract. Abstract: Jaymati released in the third decade of the twentieth century is the first Assamese feature film. The movie was directed and produced by Jyotiprasad Agarwala.
Who was the first Assamese film actress?
Aideu Nilambar Handique
Aideu Nilambar Handique (1920 – 17 December 2002) was the first film actress of Assamese cinema. She starred in the film Joymoti (1935) directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala.
Why was Joymoti tortured and killed?
When the king’s men failed to find Gadapani’s whereabouts, his wife, Joymoti was called upon, for it was believed that she must be aware of her husband’s whereabouts. Joymoti was subjected to agonizing torture, trying to force her to divulge the hiding place of her husband, but no amount of pressure would budge her.
Why is Joymoti called Sati?
Sati Jaymati was a Sati because of her devotion to her husband. Wife of Ahom prince Gadapani Joymati is known as Sati Joymati because she endured torture and died at the hands of royalists under Sulikphaa (Loraa Roja), which enabled her husband to rise in revolt and become the king himself.
Who is also known as Lora Raja of Assam?
king Sulikphaa
The Ahom priest named the new king Sulikphaa, while the Hindu priest named him Ratnadhwaj Singha. On account of his youth at the time of his accession, he was commonly known among the people as Lora Raja or the Boy-King.
Which Assamese film got the first Swarna Kamal award?
The 1955 Phani Sarma directorial film Piyali Phukan received the first Certificate of Merit….
| National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese | |
|---|---|
| Reward(s) | Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Last awarded | 2021 |
| Most recent winner | Ronuwa: Who Never Surrender |
Who got first Arjuna award in Assamese?
Bhogeswar Baruah
Bhogeswar Baruah is the first Arjuna Award winner from Assam. He received the prestigious award in 1966. He won gold medal in the 800 metres race at Bangkok Asian Games in 1966. Baruah’s birthday is celebrated on September 3 every year in Assam, called Abhiruchi Sports Day.
What is Assamese film industry called?
Jollywood
Assamese cinema, also known as Jollywood, is the cinema industry in the Assamese language, watched primarily in Assam, India. The industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie Joymoti.
Why was Joymoti called Sati?
Wife of Ahom prince Gadapani Joymati is known as Sati Joymati because she endured torture and died at the hands of royalists under Sulikphaa (Loraa Roja), which enabled her husband to rise in revolt and become the king himself. Her son Rudra Singha had Joysagar dug at the spot where she was tortured.
Who was the son of Rudra Singha?
Suremphaa
SunenphaaSunyeophaaSutanphaa
Sukhrungphaa/Sons
Most of the chronicles recorded that Swargadeo Rudra Singha expressed his desire at his death-bed that all his five sons Siva Singha, Pramatta Singha, Mohan Maladev Gohain alias Barjana Gohain, Rajeswar Singha and Lakshmi Singha successively became king, after him.
When did the movie Joymoti come out in theaters?
The film, shot between 1933 and 1935, was released by Chitralekha Movietone in 1935 and marked the beginning of Assamese cinema . Joymoti was screened at the 50th International Conference of the Society For Cinema and Media Studies (SCMC) of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States in March 2011.
Where was the lost film Joymoti found?
However, in 1995, documentary film director Arnab Jan Deka managed to recover entire footage of the lost film at a Studio in Bombay in intact condition, and reported back the matter to Assam Government apart from writing about this recovery in Assamese daily Dainik Asam and English daily The Assam Express’.
When was the last time Joymoti breathed her last?
After continuous physical torture over 14 days, Joymoti breathed her last on 13 Choit of 1601 Saka, or 27 March, AD 1680. Joymoti’s self-sacrifice would bear fruit in time: Laluk was murdered in November 1680 by a disgruntled body of household retainers.
Who was the Ahom king who killed Joymoti?
Set in 17th-century Assam, the film recounts the sacrifice of Joymoti, an Ahom princess tortured and killed by the Ahom king Borphukan for refusing to betray her husband Gadapani by disclosing his whereabouts.
