Assam State Film Finance and Development Corporation Ltd

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{{Infobox organization
| logo =
| logo_caption =
| formation = {{start date|1974|09|04|df=y}}
| status = Active
| headquarters = Panjabari, [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]]
| key_people = '''Chairperson''': [[Shri Simanta Shekhar]] <br /> '''Vice Chairman''': Dr Alekhya Baruah
| name = Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd.
| logo_size =
| abbreviation = ASFFDC
| focus = Promotion of [[Cinema of Assam]]
| region = [[India]]
| owner = [[Government of Assam]]
| website = {{URL|https://filmfinance.assam.gov.in/}}
}}

'''Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd.''' (ASFFDC) is an organization undertaken by [[Government of Assam]] which aims in developing and promoting the legacy of [[Cinema of Assam|Assamese cinema]]. It was incorporated on 4 September 1974 under [[Companies Act 1956]] by the Government of Assam.<ref name="rti">{{cite web | url=http://asffdc.in/rti.html | title=ASFFDC - Right To Information | accessdate=4 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120405/http://asffdc.in/rti.html | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

ASFFDC co-produced several Assamese films in recent years in joined venture with other production houses which includes [[Jahnu Barua]]'s ''[[Baandhon]]'' (2012), [[Rajni Basumatary]]'s ''[[Raag (film)|Raag]]'' (2014) among others.<ref name="bis">{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/post-baandhon-asffdc-plans-to-revive-assam-film-industry-112112100506_1.html | title=Post 'Baandhon', ASFFDC plans to revive Assam film industry | work=[[Business Standard]] | date=21 November 2012 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | accessdate=4 January 2016 | location=[[Panaji]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141127/jsp/northeast/story_19090879.jsp#.Voyob_l97Dc | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129163809/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141127/jsp/northeast/story_19090879.jsp#.Voyob_l97Dc | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 November 2014 | title=Film body works on returns | work=The Telegraph | date=27 November 2014 | accessdate=6 January 2016 | location=Guwahati}}</ref>

== Work ==
[https://www.asffdc.org ASFFDC] provides financial assistance and logistics to Assamese filmmakers by advancing loans, subsidies, grants etc. or by extending financial assistance in any other manner. It also opened the first film archive and film museum [[North East India]], ''Jonakee''.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

ASFFDC started producing Assamese films in 2000 with its first release ''Nisiddha Nadi''. However its second production was released in 2012, after a gap of 12 years. Since then it has been actively co-producing several Assamese films.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/vivacity/2014-09-19-61983.html | title=True to his Salt | work=Daily Pioneer | date=20 September 2014 | accessdate=4 January 2016 | author=Kaushik, Divya}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/people-will-go-to-theatres-if-quality-of-films-improve-adil-115121700705_1.html | title=People will go to theatres if quality of films improve: Adil | work=Business Standard | date=17 December 2015 | agency=Press Trust of India | accessdate=4 January 2016 | location=[[Guwahati]]}}</ref>

== Produced Films ==

=== Released Films ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Co-producer !! Director
|-
| 2000 ||''Nisiddha Nadi'' || - || Bidyut Chakraborty
|-
| 2012 ||''[[Baandhon]]'' || - || [[Jahnu Barua]]
|-
| 2014 ||''[[Raag (film)|Raag]]'' || Manna Films || [[Rajni Basumatary]]
|-
| 2014 ||''Paani'' || JD Films || Jadumoni Dutta
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Sringkhal]]'' || Silverline Production || Prabin Hazarika
|-
| 2014 ||''TRP... aru'' || JR Enterprises || Mridul Gupta
|-
| 2016 || ''Saat Nomboror Sandhanat'' || - || Abdul Majid
|-
| 2016 || ''Dikchow Banat Palaax'' || Canvascope || Sanjib Sabhapandit
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Tumi Aahibane]]'' || Prerana Creations || Prerana Barbarooah
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Sonar Baran Pakhi]]'' || BB Entertainment Pvt. Ltd || [[Bobby Sarma Baruah]]
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Cinema of Assam}}

[[Category:Cinema of Assam]]
[[Category:Film finance]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Assam]]
[[Category:State agencies of Assam]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1974]]
[[Category:Film organisations in India]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in Assam]]

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