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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Indramalati<br />
| image = Indramalati3.jpg<br />
| caption = Screenshot<br />
| director = [[Jyotiprasad Agarwala]]<br />
| producer = Jyotiprasad Agarwala<br />
| writer = Jyotiprasad Agarwala<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Phani Sarma]]<br />
| music = Jyotiprasad Agarwala<br>[[Bhupen Hazarika]]<br />
| cinematography = Jyotiprasad Agarwala<br />
| editing = Jyotiprasad Agarwala<br />
| distributor = [[Chitralekha Movietone]]<br />
| released = 1939<br />
| runtime =<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Indramalati''''' is the second [[Assamese language]] film, directed by the great [[Assamese people|Assamese]] poet [[Jyotiprasad Agarwala]]. It was released in 1939.<br />
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==Background==<br />
Director Jyotiprasad faced a major financial crisis after his first film ''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymoti]]'' (1935) failed commercially.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oocities.org/bipuljyoti/cinema/indramalati.html |title=Bipuljyoti Saikia's Home Page : Cinema & Stage - Indramalati |website=www.oocities.org |access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> He spent more than Rs 50,000 and was in debt in the late 1930s; he was fortunate to gather together just Rs 15,000 to make his dream of making a second film come true. Desperately seeking to compensate the loss he incurred in the making of ''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymoti]]'', he began shooting ''Indramalati'' in late 1937. This time, however, he did not use his Chitraban Studio for the outdoor shoot. Instead, he chose the ‘Talbari’ of his family, at Harigaon, two kilometres from Tezpur Mission Chariali. Within seven days, Jyotiprasad completed the outdoor shooting for the picture and often the camera was kept at a fixed point as the sets and artistes kept changing the angles. The film used over 15,000 feet of reel.<br />
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On release in 1939 it was relatively successful, earning in excess of ''Joymati'', aiding Jyotiprasad to go on to direct other films afterwards.<br />
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==Story==<br />
[[Jyotiprasad Agarwala]] wrote the story of ''Indramalati'', which was a tale of romance. The name of the hero was Indrajit while Malati was the name of the heroine. Significantly, Jyotiprasad was the first filmmaker to introduce the style of movie-making of using the names of the lead pair.<br />
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The role of the hero was played by [[Manoviram Baruah]] while Raseswari Baruah (Hazarika) was cast as Malati. Acclaimed theatre actor [[Phani Sarma]] was again drafted in to play one of the significant roles, that of Indrajit’s friend. Even great [[Assamese people|Assamese]] musician [[Bhupen Hazarika|Dr Bhupen Hazarika]] acted in the film and sang "Biswa Bijoyee Navajowan" at only age 13. Unlike casting for his first film, Jyotiprasad faced comparatively less trouble in finding actors for ''Indramalati''.<br />
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There were only nine major roles in ''Indramalati''. Besides Manoviram Barua and Raseswari Baruah, the others were Phani Sarma, Thanuram Bora, Lalit Mohan Choudhury, Khargeswar Agarwalla, Kashi Saikia, Bedananda Sarma and Bhupen Hazarika. Other actors who were in the film included the Rupkonwar himself, Jnanaviram Barua, Mani Lahiri, etc.<br />
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==Filming and production==<br />
After the casting and seven-day outdoor shoot, the eight-member film unit left for [[Kolkata]] where they would shoot for the indoor locations. Sets were built in Arora Studio, [[Narkeldanga]], where all the indoor shooting was done. An amazingly short three-day shooting schedule at Arora Studio was followed by the artistes, working hard round the clock.<br />
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''Indramalati'' was produced once again under the banner of ‘[[Chitralekha Movietone]] and was very much a solo effort in that [[Jyotiprasad Agarwalla]] was the director, [[screenwriter]], lyricist, music director, [[art director]], costume designer and [[film editing|editor]].<br />
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No artistes of ''Indramalati'', like ''Joymoti'', took remuneration. They even participated in the shooting wearing their own clothes. In some scenes, the [[costume]]s fail to maintain continuity.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymati]]'' (1935)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0151057|name=Joymati}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070314052940/http://www.rupkowar.com/film.html Jyoti Prasad Agarwala and his films], from<br />
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