At a press interaction before the premiere of Local Kung Fu 2 in Guwahati, a journalist asked its director, Kenny Basumatary, about the film’s message. “The film is meant to entertain, not deliver any ...

Assamese actor-director Kenny Basumatari is elated at the reception of his latest film Local Utpat (local mischief). A comedy of errors shot in Guwahati, the film tells the story of seven youngsters ...

Guwahati, Apr 18 (PTI) William Shakespeare’s ‘Comedy of Errors’, which has been adapted in innumerable films across the world, has inspired young director Kenny Deori Basumatary to make his second ...

Noted Assamese singer Zubeen Garg passed away on Friday in Singapore after a reported scuba diving accident. The 52-year-old was in the city to perform at the North East India Festival on September 20 ...

Bollywood’s action star Vidyut Jammwal has sponsored an upcoming action Assamese film titled ‘Local Utpaat’ releasing today. Jammwal extended financial support to the film. Director Kenny Basumatary ...

You can very easily dismiss Local Kung Fu as just another home video. The film has a rough-hewn, homemade feel—Kenny Basumatary put it together for a minuscule amount, using his own family members and ...

The Assam Association, Chennai, has organised an annual spring festival ‘Rongali Bihu’ on April 14 at CLRI playgrounds, Adyar. The festival will bring people Assamese community in the city together to ...

The Asam Sahitya Sabha's demand to make Assamese and other regional languages compulsory in CBSE-affiliated schools has met a positive response from the board's officials in the state. Picture for ...

The Congress said CAA is against the spirit of the Assam Accord signed in 1985 between Centre and AASU after a six-year-long bloody agitation. GUWAHATI: The Centre has stirred a hornet’s nest by ...

A high-level committee has been set up by the Centre to assess the appropriate level of reservation of seats in the Assam Assembly and local bodies for the Assamese people, besides providing other ...

In Assam, a social media campaign called “Chalo Paltai – Mission 2021” is causing a stir. The war cry, “chalo paltai” – “let us change” – is a call to Bengali speakers who identified Assamese as their ...