'''Pioli Phukan'''


1955 ?’ b&w Assamese d/s Phani Sarma pc Rupjyoti Prod., Tezpur c Subodh Bannerjee lyr/m Bhupen Hazarika lp Phani Sarma, Chandradhar Goswami, Hiren Choudhury, Eva Achaw, Jnanada Kakoti, Rebecca Achaw, Bina Das


Nationalist Assamese film providing a fictional account of a legendary Assamese anti- imperialist figure. Pioli Phukan (Sarma), a somewhat wayward ‘prince’, is transformed into a radical nationalist eventually hanged by the British. The noose turns into a halo as he accepts his fate.

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