Firingoti
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{{Infobox film
| name = Firingoti
The Spark
| image = firingoti_the_spark.jpg
| alt =
| caption = A Screenshot
| director = Jahnu Barua
| producer = Sailadhar Baruah
| writer = Jahnu Barua
| narrator =
| starring = Bishnu Kharghoria
Moloya Goswami
Chetana Das
Hemen Choudhury
| music = Satya Baruah
| cinematography = Anoop Jotwani
| editing = Heu-en Baruah
Ranjit Das
| studio =
| distributor = Dolphin Films Pvt. Ltd
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1992}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Assamese
| budget =
| gross =
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Firingoti is a 1992 Indian Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua.{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzintown.com/new-delhi/event_jahnu-barua-retrospective-film-festival--id_129816.html|title=Jahnu Barua Retrospective – Film Festival|accessdate=23 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427020302/http://www.buzzintown.com/new-delhi/event_jahnu-barua-retrospective-film-festival--id_129816.html|archive-date=27 April 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chaosmag.in/barua.html|title=Jahnu Barua|publisher=Chaosmag|accessdate=23 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165050/http://www.chaosmag.in/barua.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} The film was released in 1992.
Plot
The story is set in 1962, during the Sino-Indian War. It revolves around Ritu, widowed teacher, who transferred to Koronga, a small Assamese village.
The school there was destroyed by fire ten years earlier. Ritu takes on the challenge of rebuilding the school. Ritu builds a school. It starts functioning under a large tree.
A supposed 'son of the soil' wants to take over the school after losing his job there. When Ritu fights back against his threats and physical assault, the man brings his ruffian friends and sets fire to the school. She is comforted by the promise of the inhabitants to reconstruct the school.
Awards
- National Film Award – Second Best Feature Film{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/1015701/jahnu-barua-on-fighting-the-good-fight-it-has-been-quite-a-struggle-but-a-good-struggle|title=Jahnu Barua on fighting the good fight: 'It has been quite a struggle, but a good struggle'|last=Das|first=Arvind|date=23 January 2022|work=Scroll.in}}
- National Film Award – Best Actress : Moloya Goswami
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt0104276}}
{{National Film Award Second Best Feature Film}}
{{Jahnu Barua}}
Category:Films featuring a Best Actress National Award–winning performance
Category:Second Best Feature Film National Film Award winners
Category:Films directed by Jahnu Barua
Category:1990s Assamese-language films
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