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{{Infobox film
| name = Dau Huduni Methai
| image = File: Dau Huduni Methai Theatrical Release Poster.jpg
| alt = Dau Huduni Methai Theatrical Release Poster
| caption = Dau Huduni Methai Theatrical Release Poster
| director = [[Manju Borah]]
| producer = Shankar Lall Goenka
| screenplay = Manju Borah
| based_on = {{Based on|''Dao Hudur Gaan''|Rashmirekha Bora}}
| starring = Reshma Mushahary<br/>Ahalya Daimary<br/>Nita Basumatary
| music = Aniruddha Borah
| cinematography = Sudheer Palsane
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
| studio = Shiven Arts
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|9|1|[[Montreal World Film Festival|MWFF]]|ref1=<ref name="mwff"/>|2016|12|30|Assam}}
| runtime = 78 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bodo
| native_name =
}}

'''''Dau Huduni Methai''''' ({{Lang-en|Song of the Horned Owl}}) is a 2015 [[Bodo language]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Manju Borah]]; based on the [[Assamese language|Assamese]] novel ''Dao Hudur Gaan'' written by Rashmirekha Bora and adapted as screenplay by the director herself.<ref name="sentinel"/> It was produced by Shankar Lall Goenka and stars Reshma Mushahary, Ahalya Daimary, and Nita Basumatary in the lead roles. The film was premiered at [[Montreal World Film Festival]] on 1 and 2 September 2015.<ref name="mwff">{{cite web | url=http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en/594-en_song-of-the-horned-owl.html | title=Montreal World Film Festival - Dau Huduni Methai/Song of the Horned Owl | accessdate=6 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206213319/http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en/594-en_song-of-the-horned-owl.html | archive-date=6 February 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

''Dau Huduni Methai'' recounts the effects of [[Assam separatist movements|insurgency and counterinsurgency]] on common people through the perspective of a young rape victim.

==Plot==
According to a myth in [[Bodo people|Bodo community]], exploited man after death transforms into a [[Great horned owl|horned owl]] (''Hudu'') and comes back to his/her home and keeps calling from a tree. The film takes this myth and uses it as a metaphor to intensify the thematic development.<ref name="asstri">{{cite news |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=jun2915/state052 |title=Manju Borah's film selected for Montreal film fest |work=[[The Assam Tribune]] |date=29 June 2015 |accessdate=6 January 2016 |location=[[Guwahati]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111509/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=jun2915%2Fstate052 |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>

The film explores the social and political upheavals of the indigenous Bodo community post the Second World War.<ref name="sentinel">{{cite news | url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/saturday/saturday2.php?sec=17&subsec=0&ppr=3&dtP=2014-12-08 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20160609072018/http://www.sentinelassam.com/saturday/saturday2.php?sec=17&subsec=0&ppr=3&dtP=2014-12-08 | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 June 2016 | title=Manju Bora films new movie | work=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|The Sentinel]] | date=8 December 2014 | accessdate=6 January 2016 }}</ref> Close to 40,000 people have lost their lives to [[2012 Assam violence|communal violence]] and [[Insurgency in Northeast India|insurgency]] over the past 35 years in the [[Northeast India|northeast regions]] of India, many of the victims entirely innocent bystanders. Raimali (Reshma Mushahary), a young rape victim, knows this firsthand. As she lies in an abandoned house, she recalls how [[Assam separatist movements|separatist violence]] has marked her life, that of her lover and their families, contrasting its disruption with indigenous folklore and the immutability of the Assamese landscape.<ref name="mwff"/>

==Cast==
* Reshma Mushahary as Raimali
** Jasmine Hazowary as young Raimali
* Ahalya Daimary as Raimali's grandmother
* Nita Basumatary as Raimali's mother
* Ajay Kumar Boro as Raimali's father
* Tony Basumatary as Sunswrang
* Onjali Bodosa as Mainao
* Thamfwi Danga Basumatary as Paniram

==Production==
Director [[Manju Borah]] had planned this film a couple of years ago, however she could not start work on it as she did not find an artiste suitable for the role of the protagonist.<ref name="toi">{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Montreal-honour-for-Bodo-film/articleshow/47835462.cms | title=Montreal honour for Bodo film | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=27 June 2015 | agency=[[Times News Network|TNN]] | accessdate=6 January 2016 | location=[[Guwahati]]}}</ref> Later she cast Reshma Mushahary for the role and started filming in late 2014 in nearby locations of [[Boko, Kamrup|Boko]] and Dhupdhor of [[Assam]], and other locations of [[Meghalaya]]-Assam border for about 22 days. The crew faced security issues while filming and had to finish the work quickly.<ref name="bst">{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/surviving-in-showbiz-by-making-northeastern-films-manju-borah-115070400306_1.html | title=Surviving in showbiz by making northeastern films: Manju Borah | work=[[Business Standard]] | date=4 July 2015 | agency=IANS | accessdate=6 January 2016 | location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref>

The story of the film was based on the novel ''Dao Hudur Gaan'' written by Rashmirekha Bora which was published in 2009 in the monthly magazine ''Bhumi''.<ref name="sentinel"/>

==Release==
The film was premiered at [[Montreal World Film Festival]] on 1 and 2 September 2015 in Focus on World Cinema section. Later screened at Jagaran Film Festival,<ref name="jff">{{cite web | url=http://jff.co.in/blog/2015/09/22/dau-hadani-methai-song-of-a-horned-owl/ | title=Jagaran Film Festival - Dau Huduni Methai/Song of the Horned Owl | date=22 September 2015 | accessdate=6 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201172645/http://jff.co.in/blog/2015/09/22/dau-hadani-methai-song-of-a-horned-owl/ | archive-date=1 February 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Mumbai Film Festival|17th Mumbai Film Festival]] in India Gold section,<ref name="indianex">{{cite news | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/dont-think-my-film-will-make-it-to-theatres-manju-borah/ | title=Don't think my film will make it to theatres: Manju Borah | work=[[Indian Express]] | date=2 November 2015 | agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] | accessdate=6 January 2016 | location=[[Mumbai]]}}</ref> [[All Lights India International Film Festival]], and [[International Film Festival of Kerala|20th International Film Festival of Kerala]].<ref name="hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/nine-indian-movies-to-be-screened-at-iffk/article7759607.ece | title=Nine Indian movies to be screened at IFFK | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=14 October 2015 | accessdate=6 January 2016 | location=[[Thiruvananthapuram]]}}</ref> The film was also selected for Indian Panorama at [[International Film Festival of India|46th International Film Festival of India]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://iffi.nic.in/writereaddata/IP_2015_PressRelease_Selections.pdf | title=Indian Panorama selection of Feature & Non-Feature Films for 46th IFFI | accessdate=6 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121232819/http://www.iffi.nic.in/writereaddata/IP_2015_PressRelease_Selections.pdf | archive-date=21 November 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="tele">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151112/jsp/northeast/story_52657.jsp#.VozOxPl97Dc | title=NE shines with 3 entries - Goa film fest from Nov. 20 | work=The Telegraph | date=12 November 2015 | accessdate=6 January 2016 | author=Konwar, Rajiv | location=Guwahati}}</ref>

Director Borah in an interview said that probably the film will not have an theatrical release. She added, "With most theatres favouring mainstream cinema and even audiences, it’s impossible for films from other languages to make it to cinemas."<ref name="indianex"/> Later the film had a limited theatrical release in Assam on 30 December 2016.

== See also ==
* [[Alayaron]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films set in Assam]]
[[Category:Northeast Indian films]]
[[Category:Non-Assamese-language films with Assamese connection]]
[[Category:Films directed by Manju Borah]]

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