The early Assamese films centered around legendary genius, Rupkonar Jyotiprasad Agarwala. It was his vision, dreams and ability that ushered in the first Assamese movie on March 10, 1935.Joymoti is the first Assamese film released under the banner of Chitralekha Movietone with the assistance of versatile Jyotiprasad who was a poet, playwright, music composure and freedom fighter.
Incidentally, Assamese film history does not have any silent movie. It began straight way with a Talkie.
The Rupees 60,000-budget Joymoti, however, proved to be a box-office flop much to the disappointment of Jyotiprasad who was the ambitious project’s producer, director, scriptwriter, dialogue maker, costume designer, editor, music director and lyricist. Despite failure, the unique contribution of Jyotiprasad to the film is unparallel in any language and Hindi movies till date.
