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{{About|an Assamese film made in 2006||Joymoti (disambiguation){{!}}Joymoti}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Joymoti the saviour
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| director = [[Manju Borah]] chief asstt dr Jiban Dhaoka astt
dr Rajarshi Basumatary,Phool dhaoka,Manju Rajkhowa
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| writer =
| screenplay = Manju Borah
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| starring = Nita Basumatary Rohan Doley Bishnu Kharghariya Taufik Rahman Pranjal Saikia,Namita Boro Rajib kro
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| cinematography = Raju Mishra(Gold medalist cineauthography)
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
| studio = Prasad studio
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| released = 2006
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| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
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'''''Joymoti''''' - the saviour ({{lang-as|জয়মতী}}) is an [[Cinema of Assam|Assamese]] [[biographical film]] directed by [[Manju Borah]]. It was released in the year 2006.<ref name="rupaliparda1">{{cite web | url=http://www.rupaliparda.com/english/film_list.htm | title=List of Films from the Year 2000 | publisher=rupaliparda.com | accessdate=2013-04-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801063839/http://www.rupaliparda.com/english/film_list.htm | archive-date=1 August 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> Shooting of the film was done in Ketetong village at [[Margherita, Assam|Margherita]], [[Assam]].Miao Arunachal Pradesh

==Plot==
The film is set in [[History of Assam#Medieval Assam|17th-century Assam]]. The story is based on the life of [[Joymoti Konwari]], a medieval Ahom princess of the [[Ahom dynasty]] who was tortured to death for not revealing the whereabouts of her husband [[Godapani]] and laid down her life for the sake of democracy.

==Difference with Joymoti (1935 film)==
In this film Manju Borah, differs the story from the first Assamese film [[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymoti]] released on 10 March 1935.<ref name="pibmumbai">{{cite web | url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2009FR42 | title=IFFI 2009 : 75 YEARS OF ASSAMESE CINEMA | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=25 November 2009 | accessdate=2013-04-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301195551/http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2009FR42 | archive-date=1 March 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="telegraphindia1">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070330/asp/northeast/story_7578755.asp | title=This Joymoti lacks finesse | publisher=The Telegraph | date=30 March 2007 | accessdate=2013-04-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204639/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070330/asp/northeast/story_7578755.asp | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> In the previous film by [[Jyoti Prasad Agarwala]] the sacrifice of Joymoti for her husband took major importance.

<blockquote>''My objective is to present Joymoti as a historic figure. She was a visionary, who through sheer foresight and unflinching determination, saved the Ahom kingdom at a time when it was passing through one of its worst crisis, marked by grave political instability''. [[Manju Borah]]<ref name="telegraphindia2">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050702/asp/guwahati/story_4941778.asp | title=Return of Joymoti | work=The Telegraph | date=July 2, 2005 | accessdate=2013-04-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224314/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050702/asp/guwahati/story_4941778.asp | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>

== Cast and characters ==
* Nita Basumatary (as [[Joymoti Konwari|Joymoti]])
* Rohan Doley (as [[Gadadhar Singha]])
* [[Bishnu Kharghoria]] (as [[Atan Burhagohain]])
* Toufique Rahman (as [[Laluksula Borphukon]])
* [[Pranjal Saikia]] (as [[Lachit Borphukon]])

==Achievements==
* Screened at 37th [[International Film Festival of India]] (IFFI)<ref name="highbeam">{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1167641621.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117065740/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1167641621.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 November 2018 | title=MANJU BORAH'S JOYMOTI SCREENED AT IFFI | date=24 November 2006 | accessdate=2013-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iffi.gov.in/MorePress.asp?id=1 |title=:: Detailed News :: |publisher=Iffi.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2013-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235313/http://www.iffi.gov.in/MorePress.asp?id=1 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Screened at [[Asian Film Festival]]
* Screened at Kolkata Film Festival.

==See also==
*[[Cinema of Assam]]
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Youtube|J4Qv9JHPFng|Joymoti (Part-I)}}

[[Category:Assamese-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]
[[Category:Films set in Assam]]
[[Category:2000s biographical films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Manju Borah]]
[[Category:2000s Assamese-language films]]

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