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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Runumi<br />
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| director = Suresh Chandra Goswami<br />
| producer = Suresh Chandra Goswami<br />
| writer = Suresh Chandra Goswami<br />
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| starring = Kanaklata Saikia<br> Neyimuddin Ahmed<br> Suresh Goswami<br> Indreshwar Barthakur<br> Hironmoyee Devi<br />
| music = Darpa Nath Sarmah<br />
| cinematography = Nalin Duarah<br />
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| released = {{Film date|1952}}<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br />
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'''Runumi''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese]]:'''ৰুণুমী''') is the ninth [[Assamese language]] film. It was directed and produced by Suresh Chandra Goswami and released in 1952. The film is based on [[Henrik Ibsen]]’s play ''The Warriors at Helgeland''.<ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar1510/at09|title=Lost treasure of Assamese cinema retrieved|last=Staff Reporter|date=14 March 2010|publisher=The Assam Tribune|access-date=28 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="cd">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/guwahati/Banned-in-1952-Assamese-film-pops-up-to-ask-questions/Article1-519190.aspx|title=Banned 1952, Assamese film pops up to ask question|last=Karmakar|first=Rahul|date=15 Mar 2010|publisher=Hinsustan Times|access-date=28 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325065100/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/guwahati/Banned-in-1952-Assamese-film-pops-up-to-ask-questions/Article1-519190.aspx|archive-date=25 March 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="ef">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/15/stories/2010031556592200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323005358/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/15/stories/2010031556592200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 March 2010|title=Film print returns to family after four decades|last=Talukdar|first=Sushanta|date=15 Mar 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=28 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="gh">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100315/jsp/northeast/story_12216011.jsp|title=Lost & found after 40 yrs: Runumi print - Assam film recovered from the house of director's relative in Guwahati|last=Staff Reporter|date=15 March 2010|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=28 March 2010}}</ref> It is the second Assamese film to have been shot in location and open floor after ''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymoti]]''. The film stars Kanaklata Saikia, Neyimuddin Ahmed, Suresh Goswami, Indreshwar Barthakur, Hironmoyee Devi. The film was set in Assam and Nagaland (then the Naga hills of Assam).<ref name="ab" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" /><br />
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==Banned in 1952==<br />
Although the film was running in good response, the then [[government of Assam]] headed by chief minister [[Bishnuram Medhi]] suddenly banned due to some unknown reason that left Goswami completely bankrupt. The government did not offer any reason for the ban.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref name="gh" /><br />
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==Retrieving the film==<br />
After the ban, Goswami’s brother-in-law Lakshminath Borthakur took it for some "illegal" viewing in some tea gardens and since that time it was lying in a tin trunk box in Borthakur’s residence.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" /> After four decades, Borthakur’s son Amiya Borthakur returned it to Guwahati-based Dolly Borpujari, daughter of Mr Goswami. The 13 reels are still in original cans.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" /><br />
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==Present condition of the film==<br />
Preliminary examination indicates that a significant part of the film could still be intact. But the actual condition of the print will be known only after it is checked by experts for due to the high-humidity conditions of the region the cans have caught rust and a few of them even have developed cracks, because of which some of the contents might have got damaged.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" /><br />
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==Restoring the film==<br />
Utpal Borpujari, Goswami’s grandson and a noted film critic, is already in touch with relevant people in Mumbai for the cleaning of the print and transferring it to other formats. The [[National Film Archive of India]] in Pune is expected to restore and preserve the film.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref name="gh" /><br />
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==The Appeal==<br />
The late Goswami’s family has appealed to the Government of Assam to let the people know why the film was banned, and also come forward to help restore and preserve the film.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" /> It also appeal to anyone directly or indirectly involved in making of the film or related to any material of the film or had seen the film to send or share those materials and memories.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="gh" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jollywood]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Assamese-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1952 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:1950s Assamese-language films]]</div>imported>Aspects