Assamese cinema

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Assamese cinema, also known as Jollywood, is the Indian film industry of Assamese language. It is based in Assam, Northeast India. The industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie Joymoti. Since then the Assamese cinema has developed a slow-paced, sensitive style. In the beginning the industry was called Jollywood, for Agarwala's Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio. Despite its long history and its artistic successes, for a state that has always taken its cinema seriously, Assamese cinema has never really managed to break through on the national scene despite its film industry making a mark in the National Awards over the years. Although the beginning of the 21st century has seen Hollywood-style and Bollywood-style Assamese movies hitting the screen, the industry has not been able to compete in the market, significantly overshadowed by the larger industries such as Hollywood and Bollywood. In 2017, Village Rockstars was selected as India's official entry to the 91st...

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