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By: UTS' VOICE Bureau
Extract

Another film that created a deep impact before its screening was Yarwng (roots). This film from Tripura, where no cinema theatre exists was the opening of the Indian Panorama section and focused on people uprooted from their land and culture.
The film's director, Joseph Pulinthanath said, "It is an issue based film and this film to me is a plea and a protest on behalf of millions of people floating in the sea of displacement." "We wanted to do something for the weak and the marginalised society," he further added.

Yarwng in Kokborok, a language few knew even existed was selected from 108 films that had been shortlisted for the festival. K N T Sastry, chairman of the jury that selected the films spoke on why Yarwng was the opening film of the Indian panorama section and said, "We felt it was the best way to tell the world that only Bollywood does not represent Indian cinema."

The story is of the separation of lovers after their village is submerged by the construction of a dam. The girl is married to another guy, who learns of her past love and confronts

her. Later, the lover comes in search of his lost love.

"Yarwng is a comment about people being uprooted from their culture and everything they hold dear. It is not only a social problem but impacts all aspects of life. It is a sympathetic look at a universal problem. It goes beyond Tripura, beyond India to wherever there is such a problem," said Pulinthanath.

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