GUWAHATI, Jan 30: Imposition of Hindi as the only medium of expression and not allowing the producers of the North-east to film programmes in local languages and dialects cannot be tolerated under any circumstances. This was stated by the speakers at a citizens’ meet organized by the North East Film and Television Producers, Directors Association (NEFTPDA) here today.
The meeting demanded that Prasar Bharti should take immediate action to stop producers and big production houses from outside the North-east from participating in Commissioned Programmes (CP) meant for the region. It also demanded abolishing the imposition of Hindi for fictions of Programme Production Centre (NE) and to design subjects having direct relevance to the North-east abiding by the purpose and spirit of Commissioned Programmes.
Speaking on the occasion, noted writer Atulananda Goswami cited numerous examples when translated versions had distorted the actual essence and spirit of creative works, such as Homen Borgohain’s Pita Putra, Jogesh Das’s Prithibir Axukh, etc. He also expressed the view that programmes made for the region must represent its life and society and that subtitles can alone express local issues and nuances in the right perspective.
Noted theatre personality Ratna Ojha urged all concerned to support the agitation and suggested that the respective State governments should seriously take up the issue with the Centre.
Another theatre personality, Dulal Roy, lamented that people of the region possibly lack the strength and conviction to be vocal in their stand against ‘Hindi imperialism’. In support of his view, he cited a recent instance when he, as a jury chairman, could not prevail over the other jury members, mainly from the Hindi belt, to confer the prestigious Kalidas award to theatre stalwart Ratan Thiyam of Manipur.
National award winning filmmaker Charu Kamal Hazarika said that the nature of subjects short-listed in Doordarshan’s notification reflects a deliberate design to facilitate the entry of outside producers, primarily from the commercial channels. "India is the only country which does Commissioned programmes on love story and comedy," he added.
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