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| director      = [[Santwana Bardoloi]]
| director      = [[Santwana Bardoloi]]
| writer        = Santwana Bardoloi<br> [[Indira Goswami]] (novel)
| writer        = Santwana Bardoloi<br> [[Indira Goswami]] (novel)
| producer      = Santwana Bardoloi
| producer      = Santwana Bardoloi
| starring      = [[Tom Alter]]<br>[[Trisha Saikia]]
| starring      = [[Tom Alter]]<br>Trisha Saikia
| narrator      =  
| narrator      =  
| cinematography = [[Mrinalkanti Das]]
| cinematography = [[Mrinal Kanti Das (cinematographer)|Mrinalkanti Das]]
| editing        = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
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| released      = {{Film date|df=y|1996||}}
| runtime        = 93 minutes
| runtime        = 93 minutes
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| language      = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]  
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'''Adajya''' is a 1996 Indian [[Assamese language]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Santwana Bardoloi]] based on a novel by [[Indira Goswami]].
'''''Adajya''''' ({{Translation|The flight}}) is a 1996 Indian [[Assamese language]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Santwana Bardoloi]] based on [[Indira Goswami]]'s 1986 novel ''[[The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker|Dontal Haatir Uiye Khowa Haoda]]'' .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/waiting-with-hope-1499673117.html|title=Waiting with hope|last=Thakuria|first=Nava|date=10 July 2017|work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|location=India}}</ref> The film was screened at several international film festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenewsmill.com/maj-rati-keteki-revealing-authors-insight/|title=Maj Rati Keteki: Revealing an author's insight|last=Thakuria|first=Nava|work=The News Mill|date=30 May 2017}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The film, based on Indira Goswami's ''[[The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker|Dontal Haatir Uiye Khuwa Haoda]]'', is set in 1940s [[Assam]]. Three widows struggle to lead dignified lives despite the extreme restrictions mandated by law and custom. The arrival of a young American scholar, a poisonous snakebite, and the theft of ancestral jewelry combine to bring the situation of the young and beautiful widow Giribala to a painful crisis.
The film is set in 1940s [[Assam]]. Three widows struggle to lead dignified lives amid the extreme restrictions mandated by law and custom. The arrival of a young American scholar, a poisonous snakebite, and the theft of ancestral jewelry combine to bring the situation of the young and beautiful widow Giribala to a painful crisis.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pathak|first1=Namrata |last2=Sarma |first2=Dibyajyoti  |date=22 June 2022 |title=Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tgJuEAAAQBAJ&dq=Adajya+review&pg=PT188|publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781003147015}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Tom Alter]] ...  Mark Sahib
*[[Tom Alter]] as Mark Sahib
*[[Trisha Saikia]] ...  Giribala
*Trisha Saikia as Giribala
*[[Bishnu Kharghoria]]
*[[Bishnu Kharghoria]]
*[[Triveni Bora]]
*Triveni Bora
*[[Bhagirothi]]
*Bhagirothi
*Nilu Chakrabarty
*Chetana Das
*Indira Das
*Mintu Barua


==Awards==
==Awards==
*National award- Best Regional Film
;[[44th National Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
*Jury's special award
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|Best Feature Film in Assamese]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/maj-rati-keteki-a-mirror-to-assamese-society/article22529503.ece|title=Maj Rati Keteki: A mirror to Assamese society|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 January 2018|last=Phukan|first=Vikram}}</ref>
*[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] – Mrinalkanti Das (also for ''Rag Birag'')
*[[National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)|National Film Award – Special Mention]] – Bhagirothi (also for [[Dolon Roy]] for ''Sanghat'')
;[[International Film Festival of India]]
*Special Jury Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Back-to-films-after-a-two-decade-hiatus/article16792841.ece|title=Back to films after a two-decade hiatus|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=S. R. Praveen|date=11 December 2016}}</ref>
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0142066|name=Adajya}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0142066|title=Adajya}}
*https://web.archive.org/web/20061123094815/http://www.3continents.com/3continents/fiche_films.jsp?filmid=126
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061123094815/http://www.3continents.com/3continents/fiche_films.jsp?filmid=126 Adajaya preview]


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Latest revision as of 07:39, 29 December 2025

Adajya
File:Adajya.jpg
Screenshot
Directed bySantwana Bardoloi
Produced bySantwana Bardoloi
Written bySantwana Bardoloi
Indira Goswami (novel)
StarringTom Alter
Trisha Saikia
CinematographyMrinalkanti Das
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageAssamese

Adajya (transl. The flight) is a 1996 Indian Assamese language drama film directed by Santwana Bardoloi based on Indira Goswami's 1986 novel Dontal Haatir Uiye Khowa Haoda .[1] The film was screened at several international film festivals.[2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The film is set in 1940s Assam. Three widows struggle to lead dignified lives amid the extreme restrictions mandated by law and custom. The arrival of a young American scholar, a poisonous snakebite, and the theft of ancestral jewelry combine to bring the situation of the young and beautiful widow Giribala to a painful crisis.[3]

Cast[edit | edit source]

  • Tom Alter as Mark Sahib
  • Trisha Saikia as Giribala
  • Bishnu Kharghoria
  • Triveni Bora
  • Bhagirothi
  • Nilu Chakrabarty
  • Chetana Das
  • Indira Das
  • Mintu Barua

Awards[edit | edit source]

44th National Film Awards[4]
International Film Festival of India
  • Special Jury Award[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Thakuria, Nava (10 July 2017). "Waiting with hope". The Statesman. India.
  2. ↑ Thakuria, Nava (30 May 2017). "Maj Rati Keteki: Revealing an author's insight". The News Mill.
  3. ↑ Pathak, Namrata; Sarma, Dibyajyoti (22 June 2022). Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond. Routledge. ISBN 9781003147015.
  4. ↑ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Phukan, Vikram (27 January 2018). "Maj Rati Keteki: A mirror to Assamese society". The Hindu.
  6. ↑ S. R. Praveen (11 December 2016). "Back to films after a two-decade hiatus". The Hindu.

External links[edit | edit source]

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