Bihu in films



    Bihu in Joymoti, 1935:

 Joymoti is the first Assamese film, made in 1935 by Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwalla. Joymoti is a black and white film. In the film Joymoti bihu dance sequence is used. However here it is noted that the use of Japi, i.e. a bamboo made traditional headgear is used while dancing. The decorated Japi is used, where the decoration used is additional element to the traditional use of Japi. In the film, bihu dance is shown to be performed in the rajkareng, i.e. the royal palace of the Ahom kings.



Bihu in Maniram Dewan, 1963:

The film has music direction by Dr. Bhupen Hazarika and the dance direction was by Gopal Chattarjee. Bihu dance and songs are there in the film. In the very beginning of the film, the beginning music contains the bihu tones and rhythms music where modern instruments are used along with traditional dhol and bin. Rather orchestrated modern music instruments are played in the bihu part of the song along with the beats of folk bihu dhol.



Bihu in Siraj, 1988:

Siraj is one of the evergreen Assamese films. The Siraj was released in the year 1988 as colour film. The script and art direction, music direction, direction are done by Bhupen Hazarika. Siraj film is made based on the story of Lakhsmidhar Sarmah and script of Phani Sarmah. Voices in songs are of Bhupen Hazarika, Samar Hazarika, Manima Saikia, Usha Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar. 

Bhupen Hazarika

Besides the Assamese film, Bollywood is also experimenting with this rich culture. The recent Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif starrer, " Jagga Jassos " has a song sequence that has a presence of Bihu.





  

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