Arghadeep Baruah
Assamese actor Arghadeep Baruah on his state’s crisis, silent protest, hunger strike
Assam is burning. And many local artistes and stars have risen in protest. One of them is the young socio-politically committed actor Arghadeep Baruah who recently played the lead in the acclaimed film Aamis. Arghadeep who is part of a swelling growing tide of protesting artistes in Assam says. “I have always been a believer in ahimsa. So I was really disturbed when things got rough in Assam. During the first few days after the CAB was passed the police indulged in firing, lathi charges and also vandalism was indulged in by some miscreants which I sadly believe also led to the ma | Click Here...
Review of Assamese film Aamis: Meat Na Mila Re Man Ka
Aamis (Assamese) Starring Lima Das, Arghadeep Baruah Written & Directed by Bhaskar Hazarika Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) ‘Meat’in the phonetic Hindi and Sanskrit sound also means ‘beloved’. It is in the fitness of things in this bizarre but persuasive exposition on flesh-eating obsessions, that the search for love, or for a ‘meet’, merges into a growing obsession with meat that finally culminates in a horrific crime that is repugnant and in many ways, deeply offensive. Aamis is not what it initially seems to be. A sweet love story set | Click Here...