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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Haanduk হান্দুক (The Hidden Corner)<br />
| image = <br />
| alt = Official poster of Haanduk<br />
| caption = Official poster of Haanduk<br />
| director = Jaicheng Jai Dohutia<br />
| producer = Jaicheng Jai Dohutia<br />
| writer = {{Unbulleted list|Bhaskar Jyoti Das|Jaicheng Jai Dohutia}}<br />
| starring = {{Unbulleted list|Bandoi Chettia|Bishal Anurag|Nivedita Baruah|Jitu Kumar Moran}}<br />
| cinematography = Chidaa Bora<br />
| editing = Diganta Bora<br />
| studio = Mayamara Productions<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2016|10|23|MAMI}}<br />
| runtime = 83 minutes<ref name=Runtime>{{cite web|title=''Haanduk''|url=http://haanduk.weebly.com/press-kit.html|accessdate=6 April 2016}}</ref><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Assamese, [[Moran language|Moran]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
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'''''Haanduk''''' (''The Hidden Corner'') is an Assamese/Moran language film directed, written, and produced by debut [[Indie film|independent filmmaker]] Jaicheng Jai Dohutia and produced by Mayamara Productions. The movie is allegedly based on real news stories and incidences of [[Assam Separatist Movements|radical militarization in Northeast India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://haanduk.weebly.com/press-kit.html |accessdate=6 April 2016|title=Haanduk Background|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> The movie stars first time, non-professional actors Bandoi Chetia, Bishal Anurag, Nivedita Baruah, and Jitu Moran. The film was initially a work-in-progress selected by [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]'s work-in-progress lab as a Film Bazaar Recommends Film to be developed and brought into post production via their workshop and eminent panel of international advisors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jamuura.com/blog/nawaz-starrer-ghoomketu-among-the-32-film-projects-recommended-by-film-bazaar-for-viewing-room/|work=Jamuura|title= NFDC Film Bazaar|date=10 November 2015}}</ref> The movie is awaiting a release in 2016.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
An elderly woman named Hermoni receives a mutilated and bullet ridden body at her doorstep. She begins to question whether the body is that of her son Mukti, who left home years ago to join a radical insurgent group in Northeast India. Hermoni gets in contact with her son's childhood friend, Sewali who waits for him in longing. Meanwhile, another member of the insurgent group, Biplop, has returned to the village, renouncing his membership from the group and hoping to return sanity back to his life.<ref name="Haanduk Synopsis">{{cite news|url=http://haanduk.weebly.com/press-kit.html|work=Haanduk: Official Website|title= Haanduk synopsis|date=24 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Bandoi Chetia]] as Heramoni<br />
* [[Nivedita Baruah]] as Sewali<br />
* [[Bishal Anurag]] as Biplob<br />
* [[Jitu Moran]] as Oikya<br />
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==Production==<br />
Jaicheng Jai Dohutia started to write the script in 2012, and in 2013 he met writer Bhaskar Jyoti Das who ended up being a co-writer of the final draft.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://haanduk.weebly.com/press-kit.html|work=Haanduk: Official Website|title= Haanduk film development|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> He submitted the script of Haanduk to the NFDC Film Bazaar which selected it as one of its finalists to develop and produce. The movie cast non-professional actors, some who were local villagers and others who are professionals in other fields and the crew was composed of personal friends of Dohutia. Dohutia's cinematographer, Chida Bora shot the film in 19 days with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kothasobi.com/news/new-assamese-movie-haanduk-the-hidden-corner-to-hit-screens-soon/|work=Kothasobe|title= Haanduk Production|date=12 December 2015}}</ref> The movie released a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty0DLYigBD8 trailer] early in 2016.<br />
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==Award==<br />
Grand Jury Prize - India Gold at [[Mumbai Film Festival]], for Haanduk হান্দুক (The Hidden Corner)<br />
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"A persuasive poetic film reflecting on how family connections can endure even when shaken by political turmoil and grief" -Reha Erdem, Head of Jury, MAMI-2016.<br />
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64th National Film Award 2017, section best feature film in each of the languages other than those specified in schedule vi of the Constitution.<ref name="dff64">{{cite web | url=https://dff.gov.in/images/Documents/35_64th_NFA_2016_Catalogue.pdf | title=64th NFA Catalogue | publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals, GOI | accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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Special Jury Award- Guwahati International Film Festival, 2017<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://haanduk.weebly.com/}}<br />
* {{Facebook|haanduk}}<br />
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[[Category:2016 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Moran-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Best Moran language film National Film Award winners]]</div>UpdateBot