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North-east films not made for commercial gains: Pulinthanath

Film making in north-east is more about ensuring profit to society rather than for commercial gains, says Joseph Pulinthanath, whose film `Yarwng` made in the tribal language of Tripura, Kokborok opened the Indian Panorama section of IFFI here today.

Panaji, Nov 23: Film making in north-east is more about ensuring profit to society rather than for commercial gains, says Joseph Pulinthanath, whose film `Yarwng` made in the tribal language of Tripura, Kokborok opened the Indian Panorama section of IFFI here today."We are more inclined to look for development and welfare of the people through the medium of cinema. It is the lack of development and delivery of justice that is the root cause of many problems. Till 2002, Tripura was the hotbed of terrorism. But things are much better now," Joseph told reporters after the screening.
"We have borders with several other countries making our region very sensitive. We have to depend on the rest of India for film-making expertise. Exhibition and distribution of films is also a problem even though locals prefer to watch indigenous stuff and entertainment content in their own language. There are no cinema halls in Tripura," he said. The north-east region has an unfriendly terrain. The distances are too long and it is a landlocked region, he added. Cinema culture is developing in the region with films from Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh also screened in the Indian Panorama section over the years, he said. Joseph`s last film `Mathia` was screened at IFFI in 2004. Bureau Report