National Film Award For Best Feature Film in Assamese - Winners

For investing a simple, almost uneventful story with tragic poignancies, for presenting the intense loneliness and sense of longing of the individual uprooted from village life by eternal economic pressures and cast back into the stagnation and grinding poverty of rural existence by a society which, having used him up; now discards him; for portraying the characters with subtlety and insight and a quiet wry humour lacerating in its irony — all this through actors facing the camera for the first time.

For depicting man's attachment to life through the story of an unfortunate married couple, through severe agony and funeral pyres, for providing a touch of realism by a delicate representation of a piece of lower middle class existence.

For its deeply felt and controlled study of life in a village.

For a realistic presentation of the theme of rural co-operatives in the handloom industry of Assam.

For a powerful film based on a well-known Assamese novel, portraying the ordeals of a woman who revolts and finally overcomes.

For its incisive comment on the post-independence establishment in a flood-prone region.

For significant achievement as a first film in a region still young in cinema and for the portrayal of a young girl's courage and optimism in the face of great adversity and personal tragedy.

For taking up the bold theme of the struggle of a deserted woman caught between convection and the desire to live.

For attempting to portray, with conviction, the earthy realism in the field of social differences.

For the suggestive and sympathetic portrayal of the breadwinner of a middle-class family who stands alone and isolated even in his own home.

For its innovative style in putting across the tragedy of the exploited poor and portraying their agony and helplessness in a poignant manner.

For a successful experiment in the dramatic technique of a play-within-a-play to reveal the relationship of appearances to reality.

For the filmmaker's ability to tell a complex tale with minimal canvas, handling the medium with control, restraint and extraordinary sensitivity.

For its able depiction of complexity of life brought about by urbanisation.

For a subtle and sensitive exploration of loneliness trauma and coverage of 3 widows caught in the complex web of ritualistic beliefs.

For its authentic portrayal of a historical event of british india.

For beautifully structured film centred around the turmoil in the life of an orphan the film finely balances the demands of characterisation, perform-ance and storytelling to focus attention on the role played by the child in bringing about an attitudinal change in a selfish money lender.

For its sensitive portrayal of child abuse.

For its juxtaposition of a woman's search for her cultural heritage and its loss.

For a human struggle against circumstances, mainly because of dowry as well as social status.

For its attempt at preserving the dying culture and traditions of Assam.

For highlighting a lesser known, pioneering heroine of Indian cinema.

For its honest exploration of ethical values confronting the youth.

For dealing with a pressing, contemporary ecological issue with sincerity.

For a heart-warming portrayal of the rural landscape with an emphasis on the need for self-reliance in the process of development.

The lives of a garrulous and nitpicking, yet loving old couple and their inability to come to terms with the tragic loss of their only grandson on 26/11/2008, forms the subject matter of this compelling film.