CHOLÔMA (চ'লমা) - A TIWA FILM, ASSAM, INDIA

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Name: Cholôma / Choloma (English: Birth) (Assamese: চ'লমা)
Language: Tiwa Language
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 25th February 2018 (At 3rd North East Film Festival).
Directed & Produced By: Sumir Dewri
Country: India
Cast:

Nomal Amsi

Sunmoli Mithi

Bhaswati Patar

Dijen Amsi

Sumuli Amsi
Sound Design:Rinku Boro
Music: Dijen Amsi
Cinematography: Dhanjit Das
Editing: Amrit Kumar Basumatary
Editing Rough Cut: Pranab Jyoti Deka
Film Advisor: Pranjul Kashyap
First Cinematography Unit: Sujit Debbarma, Neel Barman
Art Direction: Mithun Mithi
Production Manager: Bhadra Sing Amsi
Costume: Mahasweta Bordoloi
Make-Up: Tina Konwar
First Crew:
Jyotishman Dekaraja (Marketing & Publicity Manager)

Pompi Moni Dewri (Coordinator)

Sidhartha Pator (Coordinator)

Prarthana Dewri (Line Producer)

Ulish Amsi (Coordinator)

Abi Sing Maslai (Location Expert)

Nojen Amsi (Assistant Set Designer)

Roselibon Malang (Translator)

Pallabi Bordoloi (Publicity Executive)

Barnali Manta (Publicity Executive)

Jyotishman Bordoloi (Publicity Executive)

Evenis Pumah (Associate Set Designer)

Johnny Sakra (Associate Set Designer)
Second Crew:

Bidisha Bordoloi, Albert Dilar, Joanis Lymphuid, Mapuya Amsih, Amol Madar, Blooming Lymphuid, Albina Sakra, Strong Well Lymphuid, Omika Lymphuid, Mohe Amsong, Joseph Kholar, Drunis Pumah, Riba Dilar, Andriew Lymphuid, Kisan Pumah, Jayson Dilar, Lonky Sakra, Sanjiv Markhang, Sony Khorai, Urlee Dilar, Arjun Amjong.

✦ Introduction:

Cholôma (English: Birth) (Assamese: চ'লমা) is a Tiwa feature film directed and produced by Sumir Dewri Damlong under the banner of ‘The Wild Lalungs’. The film features Nomal Amsi, Sunmoli Mithi, Bhaswati Patar, Dijen Amsi and Sumuli Amsi in lead role.
Cholôma is the first contribution to the Assamese film contrary scripted in Tiwa language and written by Sumir Dewri Damlong.

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✦ Plot Summary:

‘Cholôma’ is a combination of two stories infected by some true incidents.

In the first story has a protagonist named Nomal, a forest villager, and his wife is three months pregnant woman. One day his wife faces a deep pain in her stomach and as the village is very isolated, they did not reach hospital on time. Finally she and her baby died in her womb. Though she died, they both had some dreams to uplift their own village. So, Nomal does start to fulfill all the dreams comes true like schooling facility for children at their village and communication and connectivity with other places.

The next story introduces another forest village family, father is a real drunker, daughter is a mentally challenged 13 years old girl, and mother is a hardworking woman. Mother has all the responsibilities to look after her single daughter. Both her parents do not get time to spend with her as father always does alcoholic and mother goes out for work. Sometime they even face mocking and criticize by the villagers for her child because her daughter though grows up physically but mentally she does not able to get the things as the other child of her age can get easily. One day, few bad guys take advantage of her disability and rape her child.

Though that situation makes really a tragic incident, they never drop down and start to live peacefully.

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✦ Production:

It is a Tiwa film presentation from the house of ‘The Wild Lalungs’ from North-East, Assam.

According to the 1st class in Regional Government Film and Television Institute, Dewri introduced himself as belong to Tiwa community. Then the lecturer advised him to make a Tiwa film after completing his diploma in film because the Tiwa community contribution in films is nothing and nobody has taken the taste of Tiwa films at all.

As Dewri belong to the North-East region, India, where most people attracts by their cultural diversity and the beautiful greenery nature, he got inspired by his lecturers since 2011 to make a Tiwa film and started to do a field study from 2012.

As on 2013 he started to make a script in Tiwa language based on true incidents. In the year of 2014, a small unit of ‘The Wild Lalungs’ started for recce. On 12th October 2016, the first schedule of production has begun at ‘Balikhunji’ village, West Karbi-Anglong, Assam, India. However, the team has its production script, but the schedule broke its tempo as the weather takes its own place and also team has chosen the local cast. The weather is a great difficulty, nobody can say when the sun will come or the rain will begin. In such a wet and hilly place, team has taken the challenge to work and managed the continuity section too.

In 2017, team ‘The Wild Lalungs’ comes for music recording. Due to the lack of road connectivity and the communication complication, team faced to bring all the members in music department. So, team chose as wild unplug recording for background score and songs.

During the time of recording, Rinku Boro (sound engineer) and Dewri faced the rain again. However, the rain stops, the crickets and other insects started whooping.

Dijen Amsi (music director), Prilu Amsi (music arranger), their team console us very positively and finally, team has successfully recorded.

✦ Soundtrack:

The music of the film is composed by Dijen Amsi & his team. Music arranged by Prilu Amsi, Rinku Boro & Sumir Dewri.

The background score and the songs were taken as wild unplug recording in middle of the jungle.

On 7th October 2017, ‘The Wild Lalungs’ releases its first music on the event of Tiwa Students Get Together (Malum Lawa) programme at Amulapatty Natya Mandir, Nagaon (Assam).

The first Song & first Teaser of the film is already out on YouTube.

Listen Now - Mai pothálalane (Click Here)

First official Teaser - Cholôma (Click Here)