Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare

Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare is a 2012 Assamese language socio-political thriller film, with some dialogue in Hindi, starring Sanjay Suri and Bidita Bag in the lead roles. It was directed by Bidyut Kotoky and produced by National Film Development Corporation of India. The film was simultaneously made in Hindi as As the river flows. The story was inspired by the kidnapping of activist Sanjoy Ghosh, who was first abducted in 1997 from the island Majuli in Assam supposed to be by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and subsequently killed. A controversy developed when it got rejected by the jury of the 59th National Film Awards in the category of best Assamese film for being "not Assamese". Plot Sridhar Ranjan, a social activist, has gone missing from Majuli, Assam. After almost seven years, when as per law he is about to be officially declared dead, his old journalist friend Abhijit Shandilya (Sanjay Suri) goes in search of Sridhar from Mumbai to Majuli. In Majuli, Abhijit finds himself to be a stranger of sorts in a place that’s infested with terrorists and where both the police and the terrorists seem to be suspicious of him. He befriends with his local guide Sudakshina (Bidita Bag). Sudakshina apparently was the guide for Sridhar when he came to Majuli initially. She, however, seems to be living with her own fears and stops short of getting close to Abhijit whenever an occasion comes up. The rest of the story revolves around Abhijit trying solve the mystery behind the disappearance of Sridhar. Cast Sanjay Suri as Abhijit Shandilya, an old friend of Sridhar Ranjan Bidita Bag as Sudakshina, a local guide in Majuli Victor Banerjee as grandfather of Sudakshina Nakul Vaid as Jyotiraj, brother of Sudakshina Raj Zutshi as Jayanta Doley, an ex-militant Naved Aslam as Sub-Divisional police officer Sameer Agarwal Preeti Jhangiani