Title of film : The Apparition
Director Name : Bobby Sarma Baruah
Cast & crew :
Producer : Sulakhyana Baruah,Bobby Sarma Baruah,Basanta Kumar Baruah
Editor : Ratul Deka
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Synopsis : Togbe Mahajan, a leading member of the Sherdukpen community of Arunachal Pradesh, meets a Manipuri driver Radha Binode Singh after buying a used vehicle in Assam. When the two men return to Togbe’s village, Singh reveals that he is an Army deserter. Togbe arranges fresh identity papers for his driver. The outsider stays on in his adopted home and becomes a part of the family. The driver also develops a relationship Maya, a Sherdukpen widow. He has a brush with Mishing, a local belief that the spirits of dying people can appear before those they love and communicate with them. One day, Singh sees himself dead at the wheels of his own car. Alarmed and baffled, he flees. Many years later, Abu, Togbe’s son, receives a middle-aged visitor. He reveals that he is Radha Binode Singh. Reminiscing about bygone days, he asks Abu to visit him in Guwahati and collect a precious object that Togbe left in his custody. He then disappears without a trace. Abu heads to Guwahati. There, he meets Singh’s son. The latter hands over Togbe’s possession to the visitor. Abu learns that Singh has been in a hospital in Vellore, southern India, form last one month. Who, then, was the man who visited Abu?
Director Bio : Bobby Sarma Baruah is a Film maker, Film researcher, Producer and Screenwriter. Her debut feature film is Adomya (Indomitable), which was awarded best film in spiritual category at the 13th Dhaka International Film festival. Her second venture, Sonar Baran Pakhi (The Golden Wing) has won the “Best audience award” at 15th Dhaka International Film festival and the Grand Jury Award at the 15th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA). In 2018 she completed her third feature film “ Mishing” (The Apparition). She has also served as a juror at the prestigious 14th Dhaka International Film Festival, Lucknow Children’s International Film Festival, in 2016 and in the 8th National Science Film Festival of India, 2018.
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