The Voyage out (2013)

Interesting facts

Dwaar is a 2013 Indian Assamese drama film directed by Bidyut Chakravarty, with his own screenplay, and produced by Sanjive Narain and Bidyut Chakravarty himself. It was adapted from the Assamese short story Bahiroloi Jowa Baat by Apurba Sarma. Dwaar stars Kapil Bora, Zerifa Wahid and Mahika Sharma in the lead roles. The literal translation of the title means Door.

Production

After Anuraag (2004), Dwaar is the fifth film directed by Bidyut Chakravarty. According to him, he had been conceiving the plot after reading the short story Bahiroloi Juwa Baat by Apurba Sarma in 1988. He said, "the original story is not a conventional story, but a state of mind. It was written during the time of Foreigners' Movement.

The shoot of the film started from November 2010 and ended in March 2011 under the working title The Gateway. Most of the shooting took place in Guwahati and Nameri, while post-production work was done in Chennai. The film includes English subtitle.

About his character, actor Kapil Bora said, "Portraying a character like Dwijen was challenging for me as an actor. I attended many workshops to get into the skin of the character." Most of the scenes featuring Bora are either silent or with very few dialogues. He also mentioned that he had enjoyed playing the character of Dwijen, older to his age.

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